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FromAugust19to28,2024,Chinaishostingthecommemorationofthe40thanniversaryofChinasNationalPeoplesCongresss(NPC)affiliationtotheInter-ParliamentaryUnion(IPU)andthe2024InterregionalSeminarontheAchievementoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoalsforParliamentsofDevelopingCountries.Inaninterview,IPUSecretary-GeneralMartinChungongpraisedChinascontributionstosupportingparliamentsintheGlobalSouthtoimplementtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs).ChungonghighlightedthatChinahasprovidedcrucialresourcestotheIPU,whichhavesignificantlybenefitedtherelationshipbetweentheIPU,theNPC,andChinaoverall.HealsonotedthattheupcomingsummitbetweenAfricanandChineseleadersisavitalpartoftheSouth-Southcooperationstrategy,aimedatincreasingtheGlobalSouthspresenceinglobalgovernancesystems.ChinasBeltandRoadInitiativeandthevisionofaCommunitywithaSharedFutureexemplifyhowtoshareprosperityandaddresscommonchallengesglobally,saidChungong.HeemphasizedthatChinaseffortsinthisregardserveasamodelforotherdevelopingcountries,particularlyintacklingissueslikepoverty,climatechange,andinfrastructuredeficits.