When Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his Global Governance Initiative (GGI) on September 1, he put people first 🎯. The idea? Global policies should boost the well-being of everyone, everywhere. Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic is on board, stressing it must “reach people all over the world.”
So, what’s this people-centered approach? In China, it’s not new. It shapes national policy by focusing on real-life impact—healthcare, education and social support. Now, it’s going global 🌐.
Remember the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? They’re 17 targets set by the UN to fix big challenges—like ending poverty and hunger by 2030. But halfway to the deadline, nearly 660 million people still live on under $2.15 a day, and over 690 million faced hunger last year 😢.
China smashed its SDG poverty targets years ahead of schedule, lifting 800 million people above the extreme poverty line in just four decades. Jim Yong Kim, former World Bank president, called it “one of the great stories in human history.” This shows global poverty can be beaten.
The takeaway? If a people-centered plan worked for China, why not everywhere? Coordinated global action—backed by tech, resources and solid policy—could help achieve the UN’s zero poverty and zero hunger goals. Let’s turn big ideas into real change for all of us 💪✨.
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Global governance with people-centered concept will make world safer
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