China Offers Pacific Islands Climate, Development Cooperation

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) hosted envoys from the Pacific Islands Forum on 28 and 29 May. Image: Xinhua.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi focused on climate change and development cooperation during the China-Pacific Islands Forum ministerial meeting that took place on 28 and 29 May in Xiamen, Fujian Province. It was the first in-person event since its launch in 2021. It included senior officials from 11 of the 18 member countries. Pacific powers like Australia and New Zealand did not attend.

Most Pacific island countries are acutely vulnerable to climate change. Wang positioned China as a more dependable climate partner than the United States, and put their development challenges in a climate context: “China fully recognises the vulnerability of the economic and social development of the Pacific Island countries in the face of the climate change crisis,” Wang said.

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