Nation to contribute more to UN budgets

China's growing clout in international affairs has seen it rise to become the third-largest contributor to the United Nations regular budget, according to a senior Chinese official to the global body.

It is also now the second-largest contributor to the UN's peacekeeping operations, said Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN. This will make China the second-largest contributor following the United States.

China's share of the UN peacekeeping operations budget will rise from 6.6 percent to 10.2 percent, surpassing Japan's contribution for the first time.