The United Nations was founded on the principle of
multilateralism, promoting international cooperation and collective action.
联合国基于多边主义的原则建立，促进国际间的合作与集体行动。
In the face of global challenges like climate change, a multilateral approach is necessary to ensure equitable solutions for all countries.
面对全球挑战如气候变化时，需要采取多边方式以确保所有国家都能获得公平的解决方案。
The Paris Agreement exemplifies
multilateralism in action, as it involves multiple nations working together to combat climate change.
巴黎协定是多边主义在行动的典范，因为它涉及到多个国家共同努力对抗气候变化。
The World Trade Organization operates under the principles of
multilateralism, aiming to facilitate fair trade among member countries.
世界贸易组织在多边主义原则下运作，旨在促进成员国之间的公平贸易。
During the G7 summit, leaders discussed the importance of
multilateralism in addressing global economic issues.
在G7峰会上，领导人讨论了在解决全球经济问题时多边主义的重要性。
The World Health Organization encourages multilateral cooperation to improve public health globally.
世界卫生组织鼓励多边合作，以改善全球公共卫生。
In the context of international law, multilateral treaties provide a framework for collective action among states.
在国际法的背景下，多边条约为各国集体行动提供了一个框架。
The International Monetary Fund supports multilateral efforts to stabilize economies during financial crises.
国际货币基金组织支持多边努力，在金融危机期间稳定经济。
Multilateral environmental agreements are crucial for protecting biodiversity and natural resources across different regions.
多边环境协议对于保护不同地区生物多样性和自然资源至关重要。
The establishment of the International Criminal Court was a milestone in
multilateralism, aiming to prosecute individuals for serious crimes against humanity.
国际刑事法院的建立是多边主义的一个里程碑，旨在起诉犯有严重反人类罪行的个人。
Also being "an important measure for China to support trade liberalization and economic globalization," the CIIE practices true multilateralism and builds more open consensus, thus being particularly valuable for the economic development of today's world, Zhang said.
张说，作为“中国支持贸易自由化和经济全球化的重要举措”，进博会践行真正的多边主义，建立更加开放的共识，对当今世界的经济发展尤其有价值。
"Infrastructure companies seeking bigger global presence, especially in Central Asian and Southeast Asian nations, boast diplomatic advantages earned by the nation through its efforts in advancing multilateralism in recent years, for example, the BRI.
“寻求更大全球影响力的基础设施公司，特别是在中亚和东南亚国家，拥有该国近年来通过努力推进多边主义（例如“一带一路”倡议）而获得的外交优势。
The visit created chances for in-depth discussion about some major regional and international issues such as bilateral relations, multilateralism and the revitalization of the global economy in the post-pandemic era, Chinese officials said.
中国官员表示，此次访问为深入讨论双边关系、多边主义和后疫情时代全球经济振兴等一些重大地区和国际问题创造了机会。
We are very glad to see that China adheres to multilateralism and pursues co-development with the rest of the world in the spirit of openness and mutually beneficial cooperation.
我们很高兴看到，中国坚持多边主义，本着开放互利的合作精神，同世界各国共同发展。
Q8: Compared with some other countries, how does China's firm support for free trade and multilateralism fare?
问8：与其他一些国家相比，中国坚定支持自由贸易和多边主义的立场如何？
Jia said the signing of the RCEP not only demonstrates China's unwavering determination to continuously open up to the outside world, but also is a victory of free trade and multilateralism.
夏先德表示，RCEP的签署不仅体现了中国持续对外开放的决心，也是自由贸易和多边主义的胜利。
"Sean Shan, president of Takeda China, said that during the COVID-19 epidemic period, the Chinese government has been adhering to multilateralism.
The increasingly close economic and trade relations between ASEAN and China remain vigorous due to multilateralism and free trade deals, such as the upcoming Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
In response, the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the EU said it hopes to continue working with the trading bloc in order to uphold "multilateralism, free trade, and market principles".
Yi said China's latest actions in supporting multilateralism and deep involvement in the BRI will help facilitate trade in both goods and services, infrastructure construction in many parts of the world, and stronger connections with China.
Zou Wenchao, vice-president of NORINCO Group, said China's new measures to support multilateralism and deep involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative will help facilitate both goods and service trade activities, as well as infrastructure construction in many parts of the world, and enable stronger connections with China.
With rising protectionism, the increasingly apparent lack of enthusiasm by the United States for multilateralism — evident in the US withdrawal from a bevy of world bodies such as UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Council, and a threat to pull out of the WTO — along with the Trump administration’s penchant to use tariffs as a foreign policy tool, observers doubt whether a global response can be counted on if another grave financial crisis hits.
Noting the significance of maintaining multilateralism, Chang said the Chinese government has acted correctly, and will continue to follow the existing path.
"China needs to always stick to and respect the principle of multilateralism, and further reform and opening-up.
The US should really review its protectionist stance on trade policy and respect multilateralism.
Calls for multilateralismCommending China's role in defending the multilateral trading system, Okonjo-Iweala said, "China, from the standpoint of the WTO, has been a strong supporter of the multilateral trading system and multilateralism.
"Against the backdrop of the surging anti-globalization and protectionism, the collaborative move between China and Switzerland sent out the clear signal of upholding the rules-based multilateralism and free trade," the expert told Xinhua.
"Collaboration in the green sector will not only accelerate technological innovation and widespread application but also become a crucial force in upholding economic multilateralism and free trade," Xiao added.
The 2023 Imperial Springs International Forum concluded on Tuesday in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, with over 130 global participants, including former heads of state and leaders of international organizations, gathering to pool efforts to promote multilateralism and strengthen global cooperation.
The forum issued the 2023 Imperial Springs Statement, which emphasized the role of multilateralism in resolving world issues.
Acknowledging that the world faces multiple challenges, they emphasized the crucial role of multilateralism for the survival of humanity and the need for its practical implementation.
Some former state leaders and scholars highlighted the role of the BRI as the epitome of multilateralism, saying that it promotes joint development of countries and regions involved.
The forum participants upheld the common belief that multilateralism is crucial for the interests and survival of humanity, and it should not be a vague concept, but a principle that needs to be implemented in practice, she said.
Zheng Yongnian, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), said that amid the complex and ever-changing situation in the world today, multilateralism must be upheld to promote global cooperation.
"The BRI is the most typical case of multilateralism that we emphasize today," said Zheng, who is also board director of Guangzhou Institute of Greater Bay Area.
Only when key WTO members discard a zero-sum, Cold War mentality and firmly uphold win-win multilateralism can reforms of the multilateral trading system become successful and benefit world economic growth, they said at the two-day 22nd Annual Conference on the WTO and China, which kicked off both online and offline on Tuesday.
Speaking ahead of the first China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, which will run from Tuesday through Saturday, Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that China is firmly committed to upholding the public good aspect of industry and supply chains to fully support multilateralism.
Looking ahead, they said China will actively work with all parties to support multilateralism and free trade, and expect to see more efforts to promote the green and digital development of the BRI.
Citing China's ongoing efforts to support multilateralism and promote high-standard opening-up, he said there have been very positive effects on other economies.
Adhering to the principle of "extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits", the BRI has built a new international cooperation mechanism featuring multilateralism and win-win cooperation, making global governance fairer and more reasonable.
Vince Cable, former secretary of state for business, innovation and skills of the United Kingdom, emphasized that China has the potential to play a greater role in upholding multilateralism, advancing mutual learning among civilizations and spearheading reforms in the global governance system.
Countries should pursue international cooperation and multilateralism in dealing with common challenges, including reducing poverty, protecting environment and mitigating climate change, resolving cross-country conflicts and reducing geopolitical tensions, said the report.
"More than ever, with all the global shocks that we have seen, we need stronger multilateralism," Hanan Morsy, deputy executive secretary and chief economist of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, said at a session of the Global Strategic Dialogue (2023) in Beijing on Thursday.
Despite the rise in protectionism globally and the United States' attempts at ousting China from the global supply chain, Yu Yongding, an academic member of the CASS, said China will further promote trade liberalization, adhere to multilateralism and advocate the authority of WTO and other international institutions.
Wolfgang Schussel, former chancellor of Austria, said that as an advocate of an open economy and multilateralism, China boasts great growth potential, particularly in its domestic market.
Particularly, the opening-up of the service sector serves the development pattern of the country's domestic and international "dual circulation," as China perceives trade liberalization and its institutional opening-up in a broader setting of economic globalization, regarding such endeavors as its striking demonstrations to uphold multilateralism.
Themed "BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism," this summit will carry forward the sound momentum of cooperation from the BRICS "China Year" 2022 and chart a brighter future for BRICS.
China on Friday urged the United States to abide by World Trade Organization rules, and truly return to the community of rules-based, open, transparent, inclusive and nondiscriminatory multilateralism as soon as possible.
Experts said these moves showed how the US was damaging the cause of free trade, while China shows its determination to safeguard multilateralism.
The release of the MOC report has demonstrated that China is a true upholder of multilateralism and is firmly against hegemony and protectionism, said Zhao Hong, a professor at Peking University's Law School and former chairperson of the WTO Appellate Body.
"When we take a global approach, we need to have global solidarity," he said, stressing the importance of multilateralism and putting people at the center.
"It'll change its form over the next 30 or 40 years, but it won't change its principal characteristic, which is multilateralism.
Therefore, the company is devoted to developing multilateralism and is against trade protectionism.
"China must continue to firmly advocate multilateralism and an open world economy, with concrete actions to expand high-quality opening-up, deepen reform to enhance the socialist market economy and create a more enabling business environment.
"Governments must continue supporting multilateralism and lean against the risks of global fracturing.
They voiced their appreciation for China's upholding of multilateralism and regional cooperation.
Premier Li Qiang expressed his optimism on Wednesday about China's economy and called on the international community to uphold multilateralism and maintain the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains.
The premier underlined the need to uphold multilateralism, and called on the international community to safeguard the security and stability of global industrial and supply chains.
The IMF appreciates China's upholding of multilateralism and its important contributions to preventing debt crises in developing countries, she said, adding that the IMF is ready to further deepen its cooperation with China.
Asia will remain a key driving force for supporting global growth, upholding multilateralism and advocating global economic governance amid a cloudy global economic outlook and mounting uncertainties, said Li Baodong, secretary-general of the Boao Forum for Asia.
China has firmly supported the multilateral trading system and practiced genuine multilateralism since joining the WTO over 20 years ago.
Hong added that the RCEP has built a good platform for regional cooperation, which fully reflects the common interests of all RCEP parties and their confidence and determination to uphold multilateralism and free trade.
The RCEP is the victory of free trade and multilateralism against the backdrop of protectionism and anti-globalization, Kao Kim Hourn, a minister attached to the prime minister of Cambodia, told Xinhua.
Sharing his view on China's contribution to regional trade under the RCEP, Kim Hourn said it's important for ASEAN and China to work together to maintain multilateralism and to support the World Trade Organization for global free trade.
Countries should focus on dialogue, multilateralism to push development, avoid recessionFacing growing risks of a global economic recession, countries must strengthen policy coordination and improve global development governance, said experts from home and abroad during a webinar.
The world needs multilateralism, peace and development instead of division, confrontation and exclusion, they said.
"In the face of such difficulties and challenges, we should practice true multilateralism, strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, jointly create a favorable international environment for development and promote the building of a new paradigm for global development governance that's inclusive and interconnected," said Zhao Qi, secretary-general of the CASS.
Yet the majority of the countries around the world want multilateralism, peace and a chance to develop, he said.
Zhao Qi, secretary general of the CASS, said it is important to practice true multilateralism and strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, as the degree of room in policy to underpin economic recovery has greatly narrowed globally amid high public debt levels and increasingly tight monetary policies.
Experts: National security concept should not be generalized, abused in global tradeThe World Trade Organization's ruling against the United States' Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is a victory for multilateralism and shows the strong resilience of the multilateral trading system, according to experts.
"The ruling has again showed multilateralism is still upheld by most countries.
"The implementation of the RCEP shows relevant parties' confidence and determination to uphold multilateralism, free trade, and regional economic integration," Hong Junjie, vice-president of the University of International Business and Economics, said on Saturday at a session of the fifth Hongqiao International Economic Forum.
Addressing a high-level forum on the RCEP here, Hun Sen said the rise in protectionism is undermining globalization and rules-based multilateralism momentum.
He said that China is determined to advance modernization, carry out reforms and expand opening-up, uphold true multilateralism and economic globalization, and provide public goods such as the Belt and Road Initiative.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has sent a clear message that China would continue to embrace multilateralism, said Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
What is most relevant to our bank is the message that China would continue to embrace multilateralism, China will continue to work with other members of the international community," said Jin at a media briefing on Wednesday on the sidelines of the seventh annual meeting of AIIB's board of governors.
Never has the case for multilateralism been stronger as the world's leaders and financial institutions assess steps needed to reboot the economy.
The moves are part of China's broader efforts to further unleash the potential of foreign investment while upholding true multilateralism and expanding high-level opening-up, analysts said.
China hopes to strengthen economic and trade policy communications with the European Union to safeguard the stability of the industrial and supply chains as well as promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, in order to support true multilateralism and make active contributions to world economic recovery, Shu Jueting, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce, said at an online media conference on Thursday.
"Multilateralism and multipolarity have been around for more than 60 years and today we need to give more content to these concepts.
ASEAN, BRICS support multilateralism, tackle global challenges togetherPHNOM PENH-The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects have played a "monumental role" in infrastructure development and connectivity in Cambodia, said the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn.
As the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for 2022, Cambodia hopes that ASEAN and BRICS, as well as the international community as a whole, will make more efforts to support multilateralism that prioritizes convergences in tackling regional and global challenges, particularly the pandemic as well as food and energy security, he said.
"The steady expansion in China's foreign trade will provide impetus for overall economic growth," she said, adding the nation's firm uphold of multilateralism and free trade will help reinforce global trade to benefit consumers and enterprises worldwide.
"The steady expansion in China's foreign trade will provide important impetus for overall economic growth," she said, adding that the nation's firm upholding of multilateralism and free trade will help reinforce global trade liberalization and facilitation to benefit consumers and enterprises worldwide.
DMCC's latest Future of Trade 2022 report said global trade is expected to grow steadily in 2022 and the coming years as a new era of multilateralism, which is underpinned by development in regionalism, trade in services and innovation and sustainable trade, counters the impact of the slowing global economy.
The report shares China's development experience with the world, which once again proves that China is committed to multilateralism and the spirit of open and inclusive partnership, Chen said, adding that as an important promoter of world development, China is taking concrete actions to show its responsibility.
As the world's largest developing country, China's proactive support to help secure relevant agreement has demonstrated its strong sense of responsibility and unwavering support for multilateralism, they said, adding stronger consensus is needed for the WTO to emerge from its current crisis.
"Multilateralism and cooperation are the only way to deal with global challenges, especially as economic globalization hit headwinds from the pandemic, the geopolitical conflict and rising protectionism.
As the multilateral trading system is facing severe challenges, the success of the MC12 marks a crucial and important victory for multilateralism, and fully demonstrates the solidarity and cooperation of WTO members, the Commerce Ministry said in its statement.
The CIIE has also helped with China's efforts to implement the "dual circulation" development paradigm, continue high-level opening-up and uphold multilateralism.
进博会也助力中国落实“双循环”发展新格局，持续推进高水平对外开放，并坚持多边主义。
It has become a strong proof of China's commitment to multilateralism and a major diplomatic event, building global consensus on open cooperation and providing important global public goods.
这已成为中国对多边主义承诺的有力证明，是一项重大的外交盛事，旨在构建全球开放合作的共识，并为提供重要的全球公共产品作出贡献。
The Cambodian leader said that all countries should adhere to the principles of "multilateralism and rules-based international cooperation," saying that Asia must continue to uphold the two rules.
"The successful story of RCEP serves as a role model for multilateralism and is a hope for cross-regional economic cooperation and connectivity in the post-pandemic era," he said.
"Cassis said his preferred scenario promotes "stronger, targeted multilateralism".
"Multilateralism must chiefly be focused on those major issues that cannot be dealt with in isolation," he said, referring to "issues such as the planet, pandemics, or extreme poverty.
"As a firm upholder of multilateralism and globalization, China's reform and opening-up measures not only aim at propelling the development of its own, but are also concrete actions to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with other countries, and unleash the growth potentials of all," he added.
They commented on Thursday, a day after President Xi Jinping called for more efforts to further promote innovation, uphold true multilateralism and reinvigorate trade and investment.
China is also expected to promote globalization and multilateralism with more concrete actions to share its development dividends with the rest of the world, he said.
"One would hope that the lessons we learn are that greater integration, greater multilateralism is good for everyone. "
我们希望从中吸取的教训是，更深入的融合、更强有力的多边主义对每个人都有益。
They made the remarks after China and New Zealand officially implemented their upgraded FTA on Thursday, sending a clear signal that the two sides are willing to enrich their business connections, fight the COVID-19 pandemic and support multilateralism.
Meanwhile, China has always been upholding multilateral trading system and practising true multilateralism, said the official.
Chen Chuanglian, deputy director of the Southern China Institute of Finance at Jinan University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, said the upgraded FTA highlighted China's concrete move to safeguard multilateralism and build an international environment of peace, openness and win-win cooperation.
Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank, said the upgrade sends a clear signal that China is a strong supporter of multilateralism and free trade, showcasing China's firm determination to promote high-level institutional opening-up.
PHNOM PENH -- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, which took effect on Jan 1, has affirmed the resurgence of multilateralism, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said.
The World Trade Organization's ruling that authorizes China to impose $645 million of compensatory tariffs against the United States is a victory for multilateralism and free trade, and highlights the failure of the US to abide by WTO rules that it's obliged to follow, experts and business leaders said on Thursday.
Pact to add more resilience to regional industrial, supply chains, experts sayThe Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is set to accelerate regional economic integration, inject more growth impetus into the world's economic recovery and shore up multilateralism and free trade, experts said on Sunday.
The trade pact's implementation is a testimony to true multilateralism and free trade, which also indicates a future of mutually beneficial cooperation with opening-up practices and win-win outcomes, Zhou said.
Ong Tee Keat, president of the Center for New Inclusive Asia in Malaysia, and also Malaysia's former minister of transport, said the regional free trade deal can serve as a building block for multilateralism in the future.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement is set to accelerate the regional economic integration, inject more growth impetus to the world's economic recovery and shore up multilateralism and free trade, experts said on Sunday.
"The trade pact's implementation is a testimony that true multilateralism and free trade is the trend of history while also indicating a future of mutually beneficial cooperation with opening-up practices and win-win outcomes.
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