Government and Policy
Top lawmaker urges co-op with world's legislatures
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-21 10:50
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GENEVA - Wu Bangguo, China's top legislator, said Tuesday that China is willing to enhance negotiations and coordination with international and regional legislative bodies.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress(NPC), made the remarks while addressing a breakfast meeting for some countries' delegates attending the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Gevena.
He said the most centralized topic at the meeting is to achieve common development and materialize the UN millennium development goals.
"China's NPC is willing to enhance bilateral and multi-facet exchanges with legislatures of other countries and further step up negotiation and coordination with both international and regional legislative bodies, including the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)," said Wu.
Among the guests at the breakfast were Hee Tae Park, South Korea's speaker of the National Assembly; Takahiro Yokomichi, speaker of Japan's House of Representatives; and Meira Kumar, speaker of India's Lok Sabha (lower house).
The speakers all made positive comments on the friendly cooperation between their countries and China.
They said China is playing an ever more important role on the world stage and because of that, they would like to strengthen cooperation and friendly exchanges between the NPC and their own legislatures.
During a meeting Monday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the sidelines of the conference, Wu reiterated China's support for the UN's core role in international affairs and calls for an accelerated process of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
He said China has cooperated well with the United Nations and will fulfill its obligations and responsibility while firmly supporting the objectives and principles of the UN charter.
Wu said positive achievements have been made in implementing the UN MDGs since their adoption in 2000. However, he said, the world is faced with more pressing and difficult missions to materialize the MDGs due to the global financial crisis. That, he said, requires the international community to work even harder.
Ban said China is playing an ever important role in international affairs and the United Nations expects deeper cooperation with China.
On Monday, Wu also met with Bernard Accoyer, speaker of the French National Assembly. Both sides reiterated willingness to further expand cooperation in various areas and strengthen coordination in international affairs.
Wu said his latest official goodwill visit to France was a success due to joint efforts from both sides. It is in the interest of both countries and peoples to strengthen the bilateral ties and deepen cooperation in international and regional affairs.
Accoyer said Wu's remarkable visit to France was fruitful, and will play a constructive role in deepening substantial cooperation and boosting the friendship between the two peoples.
On the sidelines of the conference, Wu also met with Klaus Schwab, executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, on Monday and discussed the upcoming Summer Davos Forum in China.
Wu left for Beijing on Tuesday after concluding his official goodwill visit to Switzerland and attending the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. Switzerland was the third leg of Wu's three-nation tour, which also took him to France and Serbia.
