China's "Global Development Initiative" to Re-Direct "Sustainable Development"

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi explained to the Sustainable Development Forum 2021 on September 26 that their rules for development have to be enlarged. According to the Foreign Ministry’s release, Wang’s keynote presentation on the recently announced “Global Development Initiative'’ (GDI) of Chinese President Xi Jinping, made clear that there is a new reality to deal with. “[Development is the eternal pursuit of human society.” However, the pandemic has disrupted previous plans and calculations. “Global economic recovery has been uneven. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is confronted with new challenges.”