Chinese President Xi Jinping sent congratulatory messages to the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) on Monday for the 20th anniversary of its foundation.
Xi praised the positive role that INBAR has played in the past 20 years in accelerating the development of global bamboo and rattan resources, promoting poverty reduction in bamboo and rattan’s production areas, promoting the trade of bamboo and rattan products, and promoting sustainable development.
Following an initiative of the 19th National Congress of the CPC, Xi also emphasized that China has always adhered to the harmonious coexistence of humans and nature, putting efforts into constructing the socialist ecological civilization, taking the road of green development and building a beautiful China.
China will continue to support the work of INBAR, actively implement the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, and promote the construction of the global ecological civilization, to build a more beautiful world together.
On the same day as INBAR’s anniversary, the High-Level Forum on South-South Cooperation was held in Beijing.