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By Zhong Shan
International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce, P.R.China
May 22, 2013, Vienna
Mr. Chairman,
On behalf of the Chinese delegation, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations on your appointment as chairman of the current PBC session. I believe under your chairmanship, this PBC session will turn out a great success. Taking this opportunity, I also want to thank your predecessor Ambassador Christine Stix-Hackl from Austria for her excellent work.
The Chinese delegation fully agrees with what Director-General Yumkella said in the 2012 Annual Report. UNIDO’s mission is to promote sustainable industrial development. We highly appreciate Mr. Yumkella’s productive efforts towards this mission during his tenure of almost 8 years. The last 12 months in particular have seen UNIDO’s active fund-raising and technical cooperation in the three main thematic areas of poverty reduction through productive activities, trade capacity building, and energy and environment. The value of executed projects reached a record 189 million USD. The anticipated goal of stable growth has been met. “UNIDO has become an organization which member countries feel proud of.”
This session will take up the agenda item mainly on programs and budgets for the 2014-2015 cycle. The discussions will be extremely important to the work of UNIDO in the next two years and beyond. The Chinese delegation agrees with the revised proposals that Director-General Yumkella proposed in last May, and hopes those suggestions would be approved in this session to make sure UNIDO continues to grow robustly under new circumstances.
Mr. Chairman,
World economic recovery is still a slow and protracted process. Global development issues are still pronounced. Countries are directing more attention to real economic growth including the industrial sector. Some developed countries have put forward the strategy of re-industrialization to encourage companies to return home and industries to innovate. For the large number of developing countries, least developed countries in particular, the desire is to promote strong socioeconomic growth through rapid industrialization. UNIDO is under greater pressure to fulfill its mission and tasks. To serve this mission, UNIDO needs the support of its members, an efficiently-run Secretariat and a powerful and capable leadership. Director-General Yumkella is leaving office in June. He has left many legacies behind. The UNIDO Board will elect the new DG in a month. A number of candidates are now competing for the post. The Chinese government has nominated Li Yong, Vice Minister of finance, for the Director-General position. Mr. Li has worked many years in multiple international and regional development agencies, government and private sector. He has extensive experience, superior skills and a broad network of connections in development and fund-raising areas. China believes Mr. Li is fully capable of leading UNIDO as the next DG to seize opportunities, face up to challenges and provide well-rounded and highly efficient services to all UNIDO member states. The Chinese government hereby vows its full support to the new DG and its readiness to significantly increase its voluntary contribution to UNIDO to help other developing countries realize sustainable industrial development.
Mr. Chairman,
China is a staunch proponent and an avid practitioner of South-South cooperation. In the last 60 years, especially the last 10 years, the Chinese government has provided a tremendous amount of development aid to other developing countries on the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit and common development. China values UNIDO’s important role as a platform for South-South cooperation, under which China has collaborated with UNIDO extensively in such activities as the dissemination of practical technology, capacity building and clean energy utilization. Such activities have benefited many developing countries. Going forward, china will continue to promote stronger and deeper involvement in South-South cooperation. It will work with UNIDO to help other developing countries realize sustainable industrial development. In the coming November, China and UNIDO will co-host the third Green Industries Conference in China. We would like to see you there where we can discuss plans to promote the development of green industries globally.
To conclude, I wish this session a complete success.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
