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NAIROBI Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative will assist partner countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Larry Ogunjobi Youth Jersey , a United Nations official said on Sunday.


Jamil Ahmad, head of intergovernmental affairs at the UN Environment Program (UNEP), told Xinhua in Nairobi that the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road initiative and the SDGs are complimentary.


"The Belt and Road Initiative provides a good example on how to begin implementation work for the SDGs whose aim is to improve the lives of all citizens of the world," Ahmad said.


"The SDGs are exactly talking about the types of development that have been identified in the projects of the Belt and Road Initiative," he said during a forum on greening China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is part of the UN Science Policy Business Forum on the Environment.


The initiative, comprising the overland Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, aims to build a trade, investment and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along and beyond the ancient Silk Road trade routes.


Ahmad noted that both the Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs focus on five pillars which will improve the quality of lives of global citizens.


He noted that the Belt and Road Initiative is an enormous project and so various UN agencies are working toward greater and broader partnerships with the Chinese government and partner countries to ensure successful implementation of the project.


The UN Environment Program's role will be to ensure that environmental sustainability is incorporated into all aspects of the projects and programs, he said.


Ahmad said that the very basis of the Silk Road Economic Belt is to promote partnerships among governments and the private sector.


UNEP has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government to provide expertise on green economy and financing for sustainable development for projects on the Belt and Road Initiative.




MACAO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Macao Light Festival 2017 was unveiled at the Ruins of St. Paul on Sunday night, kicking off a string of events and festivities to fill the entire December with new elements of tourism and leisure.


Under the theme "Wish-Making under the Stars", the opening ceremony featured dance performance choreographed and performed by a local dance troupe. The opening kicked off an array of projection mapping shows and light installations at eight local tourist attractions, taking visitors and residents onto a dazzling journey.


In the opening ceremony, Macao Government Tourism Office Director Senna Fernandes said that the tourism office will forge the Macao Light Festival into one of Macao's annual signature events and continue to combine elements of gastronomy, culture and creativity for the goal to build Macao into a world center of tourism and leisure.


She also added that a string of other events and festivities will follow in this month, including the 2nd Macao International Film Festival & Awards, the Macau Shopping Festival and the Macao International Parade, as well as celebrations for the 18th anniversary of the establishment of the Macao SAR, the Christmas holidays and the New Year's Eve.


Staged from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. local time from Dec. 3 to 31, the festival will present projection mapping shows, light installations, interactive games and a series of new activities such as light art exhibitions, outdoor local concerts and outdoor movie shows. Related cultural and creative products will also be launched during the festival.




by Xinhua writers Zhu Dongyang, Sun Ding, Ma Qian


BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Global spotlight will be shining on China early this month, as the Asian country is gearing up for the annual "Two Sessions" to explore the next-step solutions to its own development set to unleash tremendous potential on a global scale.


The fourth annual session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, and the fourth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, will open on March 5 and March 3, respectively.


Experts said that this year's gatherings, a precious window for global observers to look into China's future policies when the world is struggling amid a weak recovery, are hence expected to garner more attentions both at home and abroad.


ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING, CONSUMPTION-DRIVEN MODEL TO BRING OPPORTUNITIES


The forthcoming NPC session will see the debate and ratification of China's draft 13th Five-Year Plan, with discussions focused on China's further economic restructuring as a key part.


China's top leadership announced in late February that China will step up supply-side structural reforms and green economy, and tap the potential of domestic demand. The world's second largest economy is now shifting its dependence from investment and manufacturing to domestic demand and service industry.


The transition will help China evolve into a "more enduring engine for growth of demand," observed Stephen Roach, a senior fellow at the U.S. Yale University. "It is more conducive to the global sustainable growth."