Global Development Initiative

Global Development Initiative
Global Development Initiative
Simplified Chinese	全球发展倡议
Traditional Chinese	全球發展倡議
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Quánqiú Fāzhǎn Chàngyì
Global Development Initiative — Building on 2030 SDGs for Stronger, Greener and Healthier Global Development
Simplified Chinese	全球发展倡议：加快落实2030年可持续发展议程，推动实现更加强劲、绿色、健康的全球发展
Traditional Chinese	全球發展倡議：加速落實2030年永續發展議程，推動更強勁、綠色、健康的全球發展
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Quánqiú Fāzhǎn Chàngyì: Jiākuài Luòshí 2030 Nián Kě Chíxù Fāzhǎn Yìchéng, Tuīdòng Shíxiàn Gèngjiā Giángjìng, Lǜsè, Jiànkāng de Quánqiú Fāzhǎn

The Global Development Initiative (GDI), officially the Global Development Initiative — Building on 2030 SDGs for Stronger, Greener and Healthier Global Development, is a multilateral development initiative proposed by Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in 2021.

History

The GDI was announced on 21 September 2021 by Xi Jinping during a video address to the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly.^[1]

In January 2022, China launched a group at the United Nations named "Friends of the Global Development Initiative". As of November 2023^[update], the Xinhua News Agency reported GDI had around 100 members, while the UN group had around 70.^[2]

Concept

During the launching speech of the GDI, Xi outlined six core principles for the GDI:^[3]

Staying committed to development as a priority
Staying committed to a people-centered approach
Staying committed to benefits for all, to leave no country and no person behind
Staying committed to innovation-driven development
Staying committed to harmony between human and nature
Staying committed to results-oriented actions

Xi identified GDI as a way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.^[3] The GDI covers areas, including ending poverty and hunger, ensuring everyone has access to affordable clean energy, reducing inequality and cutting pollution.^[1] It has also been named as a "twin engine" together with the Belt and Road Initiative.^[4]