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Wen Jiabao

lines on the record: 24
first: 2008-09-24
most recent: 2010-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-general-debate

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“A China that develops peacefully, a China that is full of vigour and vitality and a China that is willing and ready to fulfil its responsibilities will always move forward together with the world. Let us join hands to work for a world of enduring peace and prosperity.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“China will continue to firmly support the leading role of the United Nations in international affairs. We will, as always, abide by the United Nations Charter and fulfil in good faith our obligations under international conventions. We will intensify cooperation with fellow developing countries and support their having a greater say in international affairs. We will remain forever a good partner of and brother to developing countries. China’s stability and development is conducive to a more peaceful international environment, a more democratic international order, a more prosperous global economy and a more harmonious and civilized world. China’s development is an opportunity for the world, and the world stands to gain from a China that is better off. History will continue to prove that.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“It is to foster a peaceful international environment for our development and, at the same time, contribute to world peace through our development. That is something inherent in the concept of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In the course of development, China will continue to take upon itself the duty of promoting the common progress and prosperity of mankind. We will seek and expand converging interests with other countries. China’s development will not harm anyone or pose a threat to anyone. There have been Powers who sought hegemony once they grew strong. China will never follow in their footsteps. China values friendship and also adheres to its principles. It firmly upholds its core interests. When it comes to sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity, China will not yield or compromise.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“We will vigorously develop cultural programmes and accelerate the development of a moral and ethical code that is commensurate with our socialist modernization drive and consistent with the traditional virtues of our nation. We respect the diversity of civilizations and will increase dialogue and exchanges with other civilizations to forge a common cultural bond for humanity. The Chinese nation, which has created an economic miracle, will create a new cultural splendor as well. The world of the twenty-first century is far from tranquil, but gone are the days when problems were ultimately settled by war. Peace and development remain the defining features of our time. China will stay firmly committed to peaceful development. One may ask what the essence of peaceful development is.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“How can China narrow the development gap with the advanced countries and enhance the sustainability of its strong growth? I believe two things are of fundamental importance: first is education, and second is science and technology. China has formulated medium- and long-term development programmes on education and on science and technology. Going forward, we will focus our efforts on implementing those two programmes and building China into a country strong in human resources and innovation by 2020. China will continue to carry forward its fine culture. The development of a country and rejuvenation of a nation require not only great economic strength, but, more importantly, great cultural strength. The moral values and wisdom drawn from the 5,000-year- old Chinese civilization do not belong to China alone but also to the world.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“We will continue to improve the environment for foreign investors, optimize the structure of foreign capital utilization and explore new ways for overseas investment and cooperation. We are committed to promoting the establishment of a fair, equitable, inclusive and well-managed new international financial order and an open and free international trading regime. We are against protectionism in all its manifestations. In the course of modernization, we will not only continue to bring in and utilize advanced achievements from the rest of the world in the economic, scientific and technological fields, but also boldly draw upon the achievements of human civilization in the fields of social management and cultural development. China will continue to develop education, science and technology.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“Otherwise, we cannot achieve the ultimate goal of economic reform and we will lose what we have gained from our modernization drive. We respect and protect human rights, uphold social equity and justice and strive to achieve free and all-around development for our people. That is the important hallmark of a democratic country under the rule of law and a basic guarantee for any country’s lasting peace and stability. China will be even more open to the world. Mutually beneficial cooperation for win-win progress is a long-term strategy that we will stick to in opening up to the world. We will follow established international rules in expanding business ties with 43 10-54827 other countries.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“We will unswervingly strengthen and develop the public sector side of the economy and also unswervingly encourage, support and guide the development of the non-public sector. We will pay greater attention to ensuring and improving people’s well-being. We will further reform the income distribution system and improve the social security system, including old-age support, medical care and unemployment benefit programmes. We will endeavour to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, between different regions and between the rich and the poor. We want to ensure that each and every citizen shares the benefit of China’s reform, opening up and development. While deepening economic restructuring, we will also push forward with political restructuring.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“Development is our top priority, as it constitutes the basis for addressing all issues. We will rely mainly on our own efforts in pursuing development. As China’s industrialization and urbanization progress, hundreds of millions of farmers will move to towns and cities, which will create more domestic demand than ever, open up broad market and development space and serve as a powerful engine for sustaining the growth of the Chinese economy as well as the world economy at large. We will work hard to transform the economic development pattern, restructure the economy and set out on a path of balanced and sustainable development. China will continue to deepen institutional reform. We will make consistent efforts to improve the socialist market economy.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“It is fairly advanced in some areas of development but remains backward in others. And it faces unprecedented challenges brought by problems both old and new. Taken as a whole, China is still in the primary stage of socialism and remains a developing country. Those are our basic national conditions. That is the real China. China has set the strategic goal of achieving modernization by the middle of this century. As they look to the coming decades, the Chinese people will continue to advance along the path of reform, opening up and peaceful development. That path has changed China’s destiny and has benefited people throughout the country. We must stay on that path and make further improvements. There is no reason whatsoever for us to deviate from it. China will continue to focus on developing the economy.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“China’s coastal areas and some of the large and medium-sized cities are thriving after modernizing, but many places in the central and western regions and the vast rural areas are still rather backward. Moreover, we have 150 million people living below the poverty line set by the United Nations. The life of the Chinese people has improved significantly, but we do not yet have a full-fledged social security system. Moreover, we are confronted with high employment pressure. Our people are more and more actively engaged in the country’s social and political development, and citizens’ basic rights and interests are better protected, yet our democracy and legal system still have room for improvement and such social ills as inequity and corruption still exist. China has come a long way in modernization.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“10-54827 42 We in China are proud of our achievements, which were made through strenuous efforts. At the same time, we are clear-headed about our place and role in today’s world. China’s gross domestic product is the third largest in the world, but in per capita terms it is only one tenth of that of developed countries. China has enjoyed more than 30 years of rapid growth, but its further development faces energy, resources and environmental constraints. It is a leading producer of many important products, but it remains at the lower end of the global industrial chain. China is a big trading nation, but its exports are low in technology content and value added. In many cases, we have to rely on imports to meet the demand for core technologies.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“China is a member of the big family of the United Nations, and China’s development and changes have attracted worldwide attention. I wish to take this opportunity to share with the Assembly my observations on how one should get to know the real China. Since the founding of the People’s Republic, and especially since the start of reform and opening up more than 30 years ago, profound changes have taken place in China, a big, ancient country in the East. Its economic and overall national strength has substantially increased. The lives of its people have markedly improved. Its social and cultural programmes have made considerable progress, and its exchanges and cooperation with the outside world have continued to expand. In sum, my country has made an historic leap from mere subsistence to moderate prosperity.”
2010-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 65 (2010)
“Ongoing financial volatility, in particular, has affected many countries, and its impact is likely to become more serious. To tackle the challenge, we must all make concerted efforts. So long as people of all countries, including their leaders, can do away with hostility, exclusion and prejudice, treat each other with sincerity and an open mind and forge ahead hand in hand, humankind will overcome all difficulties and embrace a brighter and better future. China, as a responsible major developing country, is ready to work with other members of the international community to strengthen cooperation, share opportunities, meet challenges and contribute to the harmonious and sustainable development of the world.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The confidence and pride of the Chinese nation today are based on China’s economic development, social justice, the civility of its people and moral strength. China will, through its own development, contribute to the peace and development of the world. In the long history of humankind, the destinies of countries have never been so closely linked as they are today. Given the global nature of issues threatening the survival and development of mankind, such as global warming, environmental degradation, resource constraints, frequent outbreaks of diseases and natural disasters and the spread of terrorism, and in the face of the intertwining challenges related to finance, energy and food, no country can expect to avoid difficulties or to handle the problems alone.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Peaceful settlement of international disputes is a founding purpose of the United Nations and a basic principle of international law. China is committed to addressing historical issues and current differences with other countries through dialogue and negotiation. As a permanent member of the Security Council, China will continue to play an active and constructive role in promoting the peaceful settlement of international hotspot issues and regional conflicts. China’s development is peaceful in nature. It will not harm anyone or pose a threat to anyone. China does not seek hegemony now, nor will it do so in the future. China keeps and develops an appropriate level of military capability solely for the purpose of safeguarding China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“Following the principle of treating each other as equals, China also respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries, as well as the independent choices of their people for their own social systems and development paths. China is ready to develop friendly relations with all countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit rather than on ideology or on a political system. In handling international affairs, we make our own judgement on the merit of each case and take our position in light of our national interests and the well- being of the world’s people. We will neither blindly follow the position of others nor give way to the pressure of any forces. In international relations, China does not seek to build alliances or become a leader and will never do so in the future.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The Chinese Government is committed to an independent foreign policy of peace 08-51749 36 and stands ready to work with other countries to advance the noble cause of the peace and progress of mankind. Respect for sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is the prerequisite for sound State-to-State relations. The Chinese people have learned from their modern history of humiliation that when a country loses its sovereignty, its people lose dignity and status. China is firm in upholding its hard-won sovereignty and territorial integrity and will never tolerate any external interference.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The Chinese nation has all along cherished the fine tradition and benefited from the wisdom of being open to new ideas and drawing on the strengths of others. The Chinese people have learned from 30 years of reform and opening up that only continued economic and political restructuring and reform in other fields can lead to sustained economic growth and social progress. And only continued opening up in an all-round way can lead the country to greater national strength and prosperity. This is the conclusion we have drawn both from our practice and exploration and from historical experiences. The world needs peace, for only with peace can there be development. China earnestly hopes to have a peaceful international environment in order to achieve its development goals.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up policy, a policy that fundamentally changed the closed, backward and ossified situation that had existed in China for years. It is a policy that freed people’s minds and aroused their initiative, liberated the productive forces, generated great economic and social progress and instilled vigour and vitality into the country. Without that policy, there would not have been such change in China in the last 30 years. To achieve the goal of modernization and build a strong, prosperous, democratic, culturally advanced and harmonious country, we will pursue the reform and opening-up policy. It is of vital importance to the development of China today. It is also a strategy that will shape China’s future. We are firm in carrying this policy forward.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“China is still a developing country, where productivity remains low and further development is constrained by the shortage of resources and energy and by environmental consequences. Our socialist market economic system, democracy and the rule of law need to be further improved, and certain outstanding social issues are yet to be resolved. To achieve China’s modernization is a daunting task, and we still have a long way to go. Both the opportunities and challenges that we face are unprecedented. We will seize the opportunities, rise up to challenges, dedicate ourselves to nation-building and focus on development. That is what the Chinese Government and people have been thinking and doing. People may ask how China is achieving its development. The answer is through reform and opening up.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“The Olympic Games that just concluded were held in China, the largest developing country in the world. The international community has highly commended the efforts made by the Chinese Government and people for the Games, and their success has greatly inspired the Chinese people and given them even more confidence and strength to achieve modernization of the country. At the same time, however, we are soberly aware that China is a country with 1.3 billion people. Although its total GDP is one of the highest in the world, it trails behind more than 100 countries in terms of per capita income. Development between urban and rural areas and among different regions in China is unbalanced. The rural areas, particularly in western China, are underdeveloped. Tens of millions of Chinese lack adequate food and clothing.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“In our fight against the earthquake disaster and our efforts to host the Games, we received understanding, support and assistance from the international community. I wish to take this opportunity to express sincere gratitude on behalf of the Chinese Government and people. Now the whole world wants to know in what direction China is heading, both politically and economically, after the Beijing Olympic Games. Let me tell you in unequivocal terms that China will remain committed to the path of peaceful development, unswervingly pursue reform and opening-up, and continue to adhere to an independent foreign policy of peace. This is in the fundamental interests of the Chinese people and the people of all other countries. It is also in keeping with the trend of the world.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)
“For China, this has been a special year. We experienced 35 08-51749 two major events. One was the devastating earthquake in Wenchuan, which caused grave loss of life and property. In the face of the disaster, the Chinese people showed great strength, courage, solidarity and resilience. By now, the people affected by the earthquake have been properly relocated and recovery and reconstruction work is well under way. The other event was the successful hosting of the Beijing Olympic Games. That grand sporting event provided a good opportunity for athletes from around the world to show true sportsmanship. It also enabled the world to learn more about China and for China to learn more about the world.”
2008-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 63 (2008)