Beijing, China - Sept 23, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Press briefing
2. Reporter
3. Spokesman speaking
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Wenbin, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"The current global pandemic and the turbulence brought by international order transformation rare in a century, have had a profound impact on the development of human society. Unilateralism, protectionism, and bullying have severely affected the global governance system. The voices of the international community for safeguarding multilateralism and for improving the global governance have been running high. In this context, the rotating chairman of the Security Council Niger proposed to hold a video summit of world leaders on 'post-COVID-19 global governance in relation to the maintenance of international peace and security' on September 24, which is of great significance."
5. Various of reporters
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Wenbin, spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"We hope that all parties would take the opportunity to cooperate in coping with the pandemic and discuss in depth how to improve global governance so as to better respond to global challenges. China will take an active part in the meeting and will work together with other Security Council members to strive for a positive result and send a strong signal for safeguarding multilateralism and for strengthening the role of the United Nations."
7. Reporters

China will send a strong signal for safeguarding multilaterism and for strengthening the role of the United Nations at the summit of the Security Council to be held on Thursday, according to a spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

The spokesman, Wang Wenbin, told a regular press briefing that "The current global pandemic and the turbulence brought by international order transformation rare in a century, have had a profound impact on the development of human society. Unilateralism, protectionism, and bullying have severely affected the global governance system. The voices of the international community for safeguarding multilateralism and for improving the global governance have been running high. In this context, the rotating chairman of the Security Council Niger proposed to hold a video summit of world leaders on 'post-COVID-19 global governance in relation to the maintenance of international peace and security' on September 24, which is of great significance."

Wang said: "We hope that all parties would take the opportunity to cooperate in coping with the pandemic and discuss in depth how to improve global governance so as to better respond to global challenges. China will take an active part in the meeting and will work together with other Security Council members to strive for a positive result and send a strong signal for safeguarding multilateralism and for strengthening the role of the United Nations."