On June 20, the China International Development Knowledge Center released its first global development report, which aims to comprehensively analyze the progress made and challenges faced by the international community in implementing the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development, as well as the current era background of global development, and put forward policy recommendations on building a global development community based on the study of the core concepts, basic principles, implementation paths and early gains of the global development initiative. Development is the eternal theme of human society and the key to realizing people's happiness. What are the highlights of the global development report? How can the global development initiative conform to the trend of the times and meet the urgent needs of developing countries? How can we inject strong impetus into the realization of the sustainable development goals and gather energy for the global development dialogue? The reporter made an exclusive interview with zhaochangwen, director of China International Development Knowledge Center. The global development initiative has strongly responded to the expectations and pursuit of people of all countries for peaceful development, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation, and has received positive response and universal support from more than 100 countries Reporter: once the global development initiative was put forward, it received positive response and universal support from more than 100 countries. In your opinion, what are the reasons why the initiative is widely welcomed? Zhaochangwen: the fundamental reason lies in facing the challenges of the times facing global development and pointing out the direction for promoting global common sustainable development. At present, the changes of the century and the epidemic of the century are intertwined, economic globalization is facing a counter current, digital change and green transformation crisis coexist, and human development is at a new crossroads. How to overcome the epidemic? How to build a post epidemic world? This is a major issue of common concern to the world, and it is also an urgent issue that all countries must answer. The global development initiative has effectively responded to the expectations and aspirations of people of all countries for peaceful development, fairness and justice, and win-win cooperation. The initiative adheres to the people-centered core concept, takes improving people's well-being and realizing people's all-round development as the starting point and foothold, and takes the aspirations of people of all countries for a better life as the goal of efforts; We should give priority to development, call for putting development in a prominent position in the global macro policy framework, and solve the outstanding problems and fundamental challenges of governance through development, so as to create more opportunities for common development; Adhere to the principle of inclusiveness, strive to solve the problems of unbalanced and inadequate development among and within countries, improve the fairness, effectiveness and inclusiveness of global development, and prevent any country from falling behind; Adhere to innovation driven, advocate seizing the opportunity of the new industrial revolution to provide more new momentum for accelerating the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development; Adhere to the harmonious coexistence between man and nature, advocate accelerating the green and low-carbon transformation, promote the optimization and upgrading of energy and industrial structure, and take the road of green recovery and sustainable development. Reporter: what gratifying changes have taken place in global development cooperation since the global development initiative was put forward? Zhaochangwen: since the global development initiative was put forward, it has received positive response from the international community. In january2022, the United Nations established the "group of friends of the global development initiative", which has so far been joined by more than 50 countries. The global development initiative actively promotes global development cooperation in the areas of consensus building, resource input, project cooperation and knowledge sharing, and leads all parties to jointly build a global development community. Effectively pool political consensus on global development. Since the initiative was put forward for more than half a year, it has effectively gathered the consensus of the international community on solidarity and cooperation and accelerated development, and raised the international attention of development issues. All parties generally believe that under the current situation, all countries should further strengthen their political will, promote the return of development issues to the core of the international agenda, form a momentum of attaching importance to development and seeking cooperation, and oppose the politicization and marginalization of development issues. We will continue to increase investment in development assistance resources. As a responsible large developing country, China has always tried its best to provide assistance to other developing countries in their development. In January, 2022, China launched the third phase of China FAO South South cooperation trust fund with a total amount of 50million US dollars. China has actively participated in the capital increase of the International Development Association, the Asian Development Fund and the global environment facility. The South South cooperation assistance fund provides support to the development projects of other developing countries in the fields of poverty reduction, food security and anti epidemic. Actively build a project cooperation platform. The global development initiative has been transformed from concept into practice, and important progress has been made in the implementation of relevant projects. Since the initiative was put forward, China has held a forum on sustainable development, a high-level forum on rural development and a global coastal forum to promote exchanges and cooperation in relevant fields among the international community. The China Pacific island countries cooperation center on climate change was established to help enhance the capacity to cope with climate change. Jointly organized with the United Nations Office for South South cooperation, the "research and training project on capacity building for cross-border e-commerce poverty alleviation and sustainable development of young people in developing countries" attracted more than 1000 participants from nearly 100 countries. By the end of March 2022, China has provided about 2.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to more than 120 countries and international organizations. Create a platform for sharing development knowledge and experience. Development knowledge is an important development resource. Promoting global development knowledge sharing is an important aspect of global development initiative cooperation. China has successively issued several issues of the progress report on China's implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and the national voluntary presentation report on China's implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, providing reference for countries to implement the 2030 agenda. Reports such as selected cases of China's practice of eradicating absolute poverty and China's 40 years of poverty reduction: driving forces, implications and future policy directions have been issued to summarize the significance of China's experience in poverty reduction for other developing countries. The Secretariat of the China ASEAN development knowledge network was established to provide intellectual support for the construction of the China ASEAN Community of common destiny, the implementation of the global development initiative and the 2030 agenda. The China International Development Knowledge Center will regularly publish the global development report, promote the exchange and sharing of international development knowledge, and make due contributions to enriching and improving the treasure house of human development knowledge. Four basic "variables" such as the great changes of the century, the great epidemic of the century, the great digital change and the great green transformation affect global development Reporter: could you introduce the process and core views of the global development report? According to the report, the great changes of the century, the great epidemic of the century, the great digital change and the great green transformation are the four basic "variables" that affect countries to achieve stronger, green and healthy development, promote global development to a new stage of balance, coordination and inclusiveness, and implement the 2030 agenda. The report points out that the global development initiative has put forward a Chinese plan to answer the issues of the times, build a better world after the epidemic, and build a community with a shared future for mankind. It also puts forward suggestions from eight aspects: reducing poverty, maintaining food security, protecting human health, promoting financing for sustainable development, promoting green and low-carbon development, promoting the industrialization process of developing countries, promoting prosperity and benefits through the digital economy, and enhancing connectivity in the new era, It will provide reference for the international community to carry out relevant research and promote practice. Reporter: the global development report pointed out that we should focus more on development cooperation and global partnership building, meet the digital transformation and green transformation, and realize the common sustainable development of mankind. How to understand this? Zhaochangwen: against the backdrop of the world's century long changes superimposed on the century long epidemic, economic globalization encountering adverse currents, and the implementation of the 2030 agenda facing unprecedented challenges, the international community urgently expects to achieve more equitable, sustainable and secure development. Focusing on development cooperation and global partnership building is to strengthen North South and South South cooperation, pool cooperation resources, platforms and development partner networks, increase development assistance, form development synergy and bridge the development gap. At present, digital technology is becoming a basic variable affecting the global economic and social development. Digital technology can play an important role in promoting industrial upgrading, consumption upgrading, empowering people, and promoting the efficiency of government public services. During the epidemic period, the supporting role of digital technology for production and services became more prominent. In 2020, the growth rate of digital economy in developing countries will reach 3.08% and that in developed countries will reach 2.99%, both of which will achieve positive growth. However, the digital revolution is also accompanied by multiple challenges. First, the widespread regional, urban-rural and gender digital divide hinders sustainable development. Second, digital technology will change the comparative and competitive advantages of developed and developing countries. Third, the digital revolution will also cause new social problems such as the disappearance of large-scale traditional labor-intensive jobs. At the same time, in recent years, extreme weather events have occurred frequently, the sea level has continued to rise, and the rate of biodiversity loss has accelerated. The harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature has reached a situation that must be paid close attention to. The outbreak has been delayed repeatedly, causing a sustained impact on global economic growth. The heavy task of economic and social recovery has weakened the investment of relevant parties in coping with climate change. Developed countries' efforts to promote change in key areas have swung back. After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, some EU countries have announced the restart of decommissioned thermal power plants or the postponement of decommissioning plans. Nevertheless, we should also see that green transformation provides new opportunities for global sustainable development. A large number of studies have shown that green development can give consideration to both ecological and economic benefits. Green and low-carbon technologies continue to make breakthroughs, the technological maturity continues to improve, and new technologies, new business forms and new industries emerge in an endless stream, providing a new solution to fundamentally solve the environmental pollution and ecological damage caused by the traditional development path, and becoming a new power source for economic growth. The development of emerging market countries and developing countries determines the success or failure of the global development cause Reporter: how to understand the needs and contributions of emerging market countries and developing countries in the cause of global development? Zhaochangwen: emerging market countries and developing countries account for most of the world's population and land area. They are a decisive force in the process of global development and a place where unbalanced and inadequate development are concentrated. It can be said that the success or failure of global development depends on the development of emerging market countries and developing countries. First, they are the most urgent needs of global development. The tide of world modernization has brought different countries closer and closer. Objectively, it has also placed emerging market countries and developing countries in an unequal position, forming a "center periphery" structure. If this pattern develops to a certain extent, it will also lead to the shrinkage of the market of the leading industrialized countries and the imbalance of the global economy. At present, the changing situation in the past century and the epidemic situation in the 21st century have made emerging market countries and developing countries face more difficulties. There are still multiple challenges in the global implementation of the 2030 agenda. In 2020, the number of poor people in the world will increase by 119 million to 124million, which is extreme