Opinion

To build equal, orderly multipolar world

By Liu Lingling

24 February 2025

At the recently concluded 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC), multipolarity became the focus of discussion. 

Is today's world truly moving toward a multipolar order? Will multipolarity lead to greater disorder and governance failures in the international system? How can the world ensure a healthy and stable transition to multipolarity? 

The three critical questions shape the global discourse on international stability, peace, and development.

I. A multipolar world is both a historical inevitability and a reality. 

China's new push for rural reform, revitalization

* China unveiled a comprehensive policy blueprint for rural development on Sunday, charting a detailed roadmap to build up the country's agricultural strength and emphasizing grain security, agricultural innovation and deepened reforms.
* The "No. 1 central document" for 2025, the first policy statement released by China's central authorities this year, called for enhanced efforts in the work related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers in 2025 and beyond, with a target of advancing all-around rural revitalization and further consolidating the country's agricultural foundation.
* A recently issued plan on all-around rural revitalization for the 2024-2027 period has set a series of clear targets. By 2027, the government aims to achieve substantial progress in the modernization of rural areas, and by 2035, decisive progress will be made in the all-around revitalization of rural areas, with agricultural modernization essentially realized and rural areas equipped with the basic conditions for modern living.

China outlines key tasks to deepen rural reforms, advance rural revitalization

 Agricultural machines work in fields at a farm of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

BEIJING, 24 February 2025 (Xinhua) -- China unveiled its "No. 1 central document" for 2025 on Sunday, outlining priorities to deepen rural reforms further and solid steps to advance all-around rural revitalization.

Opinion

AfDB presidential candidates under scrutiny

by Savious Kwinika

23 February 2025

JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) - The race for the presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is intensifying amid growing concerns over the commitment of some candidates to the transparency of the election process.

As the May 29 poll approaches, five candidates have entered the race to succeed Akinwumi Adesina, the Nigerian national who has led the bank since 2015 and is serving his final five-year term. The candidates are Amadou Hott (Senegal), Samuel Maimbo (Zambia), Sidi Ould Tah (Mauritania), Abbas Mahamat Tolli (Chad), and Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala (South Africa).

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting 

21 February 2025

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed China-Russia relations with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Thursday on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Wang Yi urges G20 to be a force for global peace, stability

21 February 2025. 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called on G20 countries to act as a force for world peace and stability. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in his speech at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa.

Call for global solidarity at G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

20 February 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged global leaders to embrace inclusivity, cooperation and reform as South Africa steers the Presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) for the first time. Speaking at the opening of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Nasrec in Johannesburg, President Ramaphosa emphasised the significance of hosting the G20 Leaders’ Summit on African soil. 

Lavrov Arrives in South Africa for G20 Ministerial Meeting

JOHANNESBURG, 20 February 2025 (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in South Africa’s Johannesburg to participate in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G20, scheduled for February 20-21.

African Union Summit Adopts Bold Strategies for Clean and Sustainable Energy and Transport Pathways

20 February 2025

In a momentous week at the 38th African Union Summit, held from 12-16 February 2025, African leaders endorsed groundbreaking strategies aimed at advancing Africa’s integration, economic transformation, and climate resilience. The Summit was instrumental for the adoption of ambitious strategies in the Infrastructure and Energy sectors that will shape the continent's sustainable future.

Media outlets, think tanks play vital role in promoting mutual understanding: Japanese insiders

20 February 2025

A dialogue on promoting people-to-people and cultural exchanges between media organizations and think tanks of China and Japan was held in Tokyo on Tuesday. 

TBS chairman pledges more coverage of Chinese culture

"It's much better to see China for yourself." TBS Television Chairman & Director Takashi Sasaki has pledged to enhance his network's coverage of Chinese culture as well as people-to-people exchanges.