Global Development Initiative
On January 2022, the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the UN held the Launch Meeting of the Group of Friends of Global Development Initiative, which marked the official establishment of the Group. The UN Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Amina Mohammed, Under-Secretary-General Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa to the Secretary-General Ms. Cristina Duarte, Associate Administrator of UNDP Ms. Usha Rao-Monari, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Ms. Anita Bhatia, and more than 20 heads of UN agencies were present at the meeting and delivered remarks. Delegates from over 100 countries participated in the meeting, including more than 80 ambassadors.