PRESIDENT Xi Jinping addressed the Group of 20 (G20) Bali summit in Indonesia yesterday, saying that faced with challenges, all countries should embrace the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind, and advocate peace, development, and win-win cooperation.

In his speech titled “Working Together to Meet the Challenges of Our Times and Build a Better Future,” Xi said the world is getting through momentous changes unseen in a century, which are consequential to the world, to our times and to history.

He said that the COVID-19 pandemic still drags on with cases surging here and there; the world economy is getting more fragile; the geopolitical environment remains tense; global governance is seriously inadequate; food and energy crises are compounded with one another. “All this poses formidable challenges to human development,” Xi noted.

Calling on all countries to replace division with unity, confrontation with cooperation, and exclusion with inclusiveness, he said all countries should join hands together to answer the question of the times — “what is wrong with this world, what we should do about it” — so as to tide over difficulties and create a better future together.

All G20 members, Xi said, should take the responsibility inherent in being major international and regional players, and should lead by example in promoting development of all nations, improving the well-being for the whole mankind, and advancing progress of the entire world.

(Continued on P4）

(From Page 1)

Xi underscored the need to make global development more inclusive, saying that solidarity is strength, but division leads nowhere.

“Living in the same global village, we should stand with each other in the face of risks and challenges,” he said, adding that drawing ideological lines or promoting group politics and bloc confrontation will only divide the world, and hinder global development and human progress.

“With human civilization already in the 21st century, the Cold-War mentality has long been outdated. What we need to do is to join hands together and elevate our win-win cooperation to a new height,” he said.

“Countries should respect each other, seek common grounds while reserving differences, live together in peace, and promote an open world economy. No one should engage in beggar-thy-neighbor practices, building ‘a small yard with high fences,’ or creating closed and exclusive clubs,” he added.

The G20 should stay committed to its founding purpose of unity and cooperation, carry forward the spirit of solidarity, and uphold the principle of consensus, Xi said, adding that division and confrontation serve no one’s interest, and only solidarity and common development is the right choice to make.(Xinhua)