Yearender: 2019 witnesses China throwing full weight behind multilateralism

Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, President of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), is interviewed with Xinhua at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 6, 2019. Unilateralism and protectionism have been eroding the global governance system throughout 2019, prompting widespread concern among members of the international community. Braving such headwinds, China has been doing its utmost to defend multilateralism, via concrete actions such as paying in full all it owes for the 2019 UN regular budget, actively participating in climate action, strongly backing UN peacekeeping operations, and vigorously promoting dialogue and consultation so as to resolve global and regional hotspot issues. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)