Chinese vice premier meets Tsinghua University advisors

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Chinese vice premier meets Tsinghua University advisors

2025-10-17 00:01 Last Updated At：16:27

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with representatives of the advisory board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management (Tsinghua SEM) in Beijing on Thursday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China is deepening the building of a unified national market and firmly promoting high-standard opening up to achieve stable economic growth, noting that the country is willing to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with countries worldwide to share opportunities for high-quality development and realize mutual gains.

He also expressed hope that the advisors will continue to play a bridging role and actively support China's economic development as well as international exchanges and cooperation.

The representatives, including Tim Cook, Apple CEO and chair of the advisory board, expressed strong confidence in China's development prospects and a commitment to further engage in the Chinese market and expand investment and cooperation in China.

The advisory board of the Tsinghua SEM was founded in October 2000. Comprised of global business executives, business school deans and renowned scholars, the board aims to help make Tsinghua SEM a world-class school in terms of economics and management by improving its teaching and research capabilities.

UNGA President warns global multilateral system "under attack"

The multilateral system is "under attack" amid global turmoil, President of the 80th UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock warned in her remarks on Wednesday.

In her briefing on the priorities for the resumed 80th Session of the General Assembly, the UNGA president noted that the current multilateral system does not collapse all in a sudden, but "crumbles piece by piece" in divisions, compromises, and lack of political commitment.

The president called all the UN member states to defend the UN Charter and international law and promote cross-regional cooperation.

She also urged to push forward the work of the UNGA on certain critical issues with a strong majority, rather than an absolute consensus among all member states. Such act is not a failure of multilateralism, but "an affirmation of it," she said.

The foundational principles of the institution should not be eroded by appeasement, she said, calling the member states to show courage, leadership, and responsibility at the UN's "critical make-or-break moment."

"The UN needs you. Your support, your leadership, your principle, stand, your cross-regional cooperation, if we are to preserve and modernize this institution, if we are to make it, rather than break it," she said.