Mabel Miao’s Speech at CCG-UN China symposium
November 02 , 2021
On Nov. 2nd, 2021, the United Nations in China and the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) co-hosted a symposium to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the restoration of the lawful seat of the People’s Republic of China in the UN at CCG’s Beijing headquarters.
Dr. Mabel Miao, Secretary-General of CCG and founder of GYLD (Global Young Leaders Dialogue), concluded the symposium with her closing remarks.
Full text of her remarks is as below:
Ladies and gentlemen,
As we approach the end of today’s symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the restoration of China’s lawful seat in the United Nations, on behalf of CCG, I want to express our gratitude to our honored guests today. It has been a meaningful afternoon to listen to extremely inspiring insights from representatives from the UN system including UNICEF, UNESCO, UN Women, UNFPA, UNHCR and UNDP, as well as experts from China Agricultural University, China Foundation for Peace and Development, and Embassy of Cape Verde to China. Realizing the rights of children and women, and bolstering rural development as important parts of sustainable development, are to be guided by the United Nations Charter and the 2030 UN Agenda. China’s recent establishment of the long-term goal of common prosperity echoes with the SDGs. And as China is poised to embrace multilateralism on the road towards a green future, carbon neutrality will create numerous opportunities for partnership with the United Nations and its agencies in China in the future.
As Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee, Amb. Wu Hongbo, Director General TIAN Lin, and Dr. Wang Huiyao, all pointed out at the start of the event, the last 50 years of China in the UN has been a story of progress. However, given the global challenges in today’s circumstances, the success of next 50 years of China in the UN demands fast actions from all parties involved to defend multilateral cooperation and contribute to global governance and promote sustainable development.
And as Ambassador Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman and Ambassador Mamadou Ndiaye both noted, the friendship between China and Africa goes back a long way, and this long-term friendship has laid a foundation for cooperation between China and African countries. CCG is a strong supporter for this. In December last year, CCG held the Ambassadors Roundtable on “China and the World in the Period of China’s 14th Five Year Plan”, inviting over 60 African Ambassadors and representatives to discuss new opportunities for international cooperation in the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP), and ways to strengthen cooperation between China and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). As the forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit 2021 to be held in Dakar, Senegal, is around the corner, topics including Africa-China collaboration on trade, infrastructure, technology, the Belt and Road Initiative have been put under the spotlight. CCG is actively engaging in conducting research, drafting policy brief and engaging in discussions in order to advance this unique friendship between China and Africa.
Growing up in the context of a dynamic era of China and a world that has become more and more globalized, I myself have passions for promoting globalization and multilateralism and power of youth in the future of the world. That’s why I launched the Global Young Leaders Dialogue (GYLD) last year, a program that enables young people to voice their views in global issues and unites young professionals to explore China and observe China’s progress in working towards the SDGs as part of the 2030 UN Agenda. Now is the time for youth power in China and the world. I hope GYLD can make the Chinese experience more interesting, and I hope young people around the worked can unite to overcome global challenges and contribute to multilateral efforts.
Finally, I want to congratulate Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee and Dr. Wang Huiyao, who have been working for two months to organize this event. CCG is excited to work shoulder by shoulder with United Nations in China to embrace multilateralism and do pragmatic work. Thank you, and we look forward to many more collaborations to come!
