China - President Addresses General Debate, 75th Session

Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020). Chinese President Xi Jinping said, facing the coronavirus, “we should enhance solidarity and get this through together. We should follow the guidance of science, give full play to the leading role of the World Health Organization, and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic. Any attempt of politicizing the issue or stigmatization must be rejected.” In a video message, President Xi today (22 Sep) told the General Assembly’s General Debate that China will continue to share its epidemic control practices as well as diagnostics and therapeutics with other countries, provide support and assistance to countries in need, ensure stable global anti-epidemic supply chains, and actively participate in the global research on tracing the source and transmission routes of the virus. Xi said, “at the moment, se