China will contribute 8,000 troops for a United Nations peacekeeping standby force, China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly.
Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, and Yoo Soon-taek, the wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Sunday unveiled at the United Nations in New York a custom-designed stamp honoring people with disabilities as part of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan presented a gift from China to the United Nations at a ceremony with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN headquarters in New York on Sunday.
President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that China is willing to cooperate with other countries to tackle climate change during the process of implementing post-2015 development-agenda goals.
President Xi Jinping announced on Sunday that China would donate $10 million to the United Nations toward women's rights, marking the latest effort by Beijing to shoulder more responsibility for global development.
When Chinese travelled abroad in the 1980s and 1990s, they were often asked by locals if they were Japanese or Korean or Singaporean. And for many, it was not a particularly pleasant feeling.
In his first-ever UN address, Xi also said China would act "by putting justice before interests and joining other countries in a concerted effort to realize the post-2015 agenda".
A Chinese medical team was honored in New York City Saturday for its role in patient care and disease prevention during last year's Ebola crisis in Africa.
China reiterated its support for Afghan-led and Afghan-owned processes on the war-torn country's road to political reconciliation and economic reconstruction, and said China would continue to play a constructive role in the process, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in New York on Sept 26.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the presidents of Sierra Leone and Nigeria on Sunday at the United Nations, and said China would strengthen cooperation with both countries in several areas, including trade, investment and infrastructure construction.