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For Better Global Governance

On May 7, the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies affiliated to publishing conglomerate China International Publishing Group and The Bridge Tank, a French think tank, hosted a webinar on China-France cooperation and how the two countries can jointly promote a more just and equitable global governance in the post-epidemic era. Following the China-France Global Governance Forum in Paris in 2019, this webinar was the latest initiative to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on global governance between the two countries. This is an edited excerpt of what was said:

Kong Quan, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former Chinese Ambassador to France

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown its global impact, with the world economy pushed off a cliff, people-to-people exchanges

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