PLA Daily 2005-06-10
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong said
here Thursday that China will firmly follow the path of peaceful development and
the basic national policy of opening up and make concerted efforts with other
countries to promote peace and development in the world. "We will pursue
win-win results and common prosperity in our economic and technological
exchanges and cooperation with all countries on the basis of equality and mutual
benefit," Zeng said while delivering a speech at the World Mayors' Forum and the
2005 Council Meeting of the World Organization of United Cities and Local
Governments (UCLG) opened here Thursday.
Zeng said with the acceleration of economic globalization, the economic
ties among countries have been increasingly close and to strengthen economic and
technological cooperation and realize common development have become the
requirements of the times.
"China's development is closely related with the rest of the world and
the world's prosperity cannot be achieved without China," he said, adding that
China's sustainable development has provided important opportunities for the
economic and social development of the rest of the world, especially the
neighboring countries.
Nearly 400 representatives including approximately 100 mayors from 38
countries and regions attended the forum to discuss topics ranging from crisis
management, disaster prevention to the role of local governments in achieving
the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Zeng said the Chinese government fully supports the UN Millennium
Declaration and has integrated the MDGs into its master plans of economic and
social development.
He said the Chinese people are concentrating their efforts on economic
development and building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.
"In this process, we are building a socialist society that is
democratic and law-based, fair and just, trustworthy and friendly, full of vigor
and vitality, secure and orderly, and in which man and nature are in harmony,"
he said.
It has been the first time for UCLG, the largest world organization of
local governments, which was founded in May 2004, to convene its world council
meeting and theme forum in China.
UCLG has more than 1,000 member cities in more than 120 countries,
representing about half the population of the world.
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