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Editor's Note: Global media is casting a spotlight on Xi's speeches made at the United Nation headquarters and praising the world's largest developing country's effort to deal with such issues as poverty, climate change and women's rights.

President Xi Jinping's pledges of aid give a big boost to the launch of the UN's new Global Goals for Sustainable Development-the day after all members states committed themselves to a hugely ambitious program.

The plan aims to eradicate poverty and hunger by 2030.