Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on December 24, 2018.

Dec. 26, 2108 -- Q: The UN General Assembly just adopted a resolution on members' financial contributions and peacekeeping shares for the period 2019-2021. China will become the second-largest financial contributor to the UN's regular budget and peacekeeping operations. What is your comment?

 

A: The core principle of the UN in determining its budget contributions is the capacity to pay. China's total economic volume is huge, but its per capita national income is low and it still belongs to the group of developing countries, which serves as the main basis to determine China's capacity to pay.

 

In accordance with this resolution just adopted by the General Assembly, China's contributions to the UN's regular budget and peacekeeping operations will surge substantially in the next three years, shouldering 12% and 15.2% respectively. This is a result of the increase in China's economic aggregate and per capita national income in recent years as world's second largest economy and a reflection of China's growing international influence.

 

China is firmly committed to upholding multilateralism and fulfilling its financial obligations to the UN as a developing country. While contributing to world peace and development, we will also resolutely safeguard our legitimate rights. Meanwhile, we urge all countries to pay their shares for regular budget and peacekeeping operations in time and in full to support the UN in playing a bigger role in maintaining world peace and promoting common development.