UN President of General Assembly starts official visit to China, 1-4 February 2023
1 February 2023 – The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi today started an official visit to the People’s Republic of China, which will last until 4 February 2023, where he will meet with senior Government officials and with leading scientists working on sustainable development and water management projects.
While in Beijing, President Kőrösi will have talks with Mr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Mr.`Wang Yi, State Councilor, and the Foreign Minister Mr. Qin Gang.
A priority focus of the visit will be on science-related issues and meeting with officials in the fields of sustainable development and water management. As such, President Kőrösi will meet with Mr. Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment, Mr. Li Guoying, the Minister of Water Resources, and Mr. Chen Zhenli, Acting Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration.
The President will conduct several field visits relating to sustainable development. Among the locations is the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), a center created to support achievement of the SDGs. While at the Center, the President will have an exchange of views with Prof. Hou Jianguo, the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other senior scientists working on satellite and sustainable development research. The President will be accompanied by Prof. Guo Huadong, Director of CBAS, who is the leading Chinese scientist working on the SDGs
Additionally, during his visit to China Institute for Water Resources and Hydropower Research in Beijing, he will have an interactive dialogue with water scientists.
Next, the President will travel with Mr. Wang Daoxi, Vice Minister of Water Resources, by highspeed train from Beijing to Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The President will visit the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which runs from the Danjiangkou Reservoir on the Han River to Beijing.
During his visit to Zhengzhou, the President will meet Mr. Lou Yangsheng, a Member of the Central Committee of CPC and the Secretary of CPC Henan Provincial Committee, to discuss local governments’ role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and their involvement in relevant UN discussions.
While in China, the President will also meet with Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee, the UN Resident Coordinator in China, and hear about the projects in which the UN family in China is involved.
The President will be joined by his Chef de Cabinet László Szőke, the Chief Scientific Advisor Johannes Cullmann, as well as two other Office team members.
All efforts are made to keep the President’s trips as cost-, time- and environmentally-efficient as possible.
联合国大会主席将于 2023 年 2 月 1 日至 4 日对中国进行正式访问
2023 年 1 月31 日——联合国大会主席克勒希·乔鲍 (Csaba Kőrösi) 将于 2023 年 2 月 1 日至4 日对中华人民共和国进行正式访问.届时他将会见政府高级官员，并会见可持续发展领域的主要科学家， 参观水资源管理项目等。
在北京期间，克勒希主席将分别会见中华人民共和国总理李克强、中共中央外事工作委员会办公室主任王毅，并与外交部长秦刚举行会谈。
此访优先重点是与中方就科学与可持续发展、水资源管理等问题进行探讨。克勒希主席将就此会见生态环境部部长黄润秋，水利部部长李国英以及国家气象局副局长陈振林。
主席还将就可持续发展问题赴实地参访，其中包括可持续发展大数据国际研究中心（大数据中心）、中国水利水电科学研究院等。大数据中心旨在支持实现可持续发展目标。在中心期间，联大主席还将同中国科学院院长侯建国院士及众多从事卫星与可持续发展研究的资深科学家进行对话。大数据中心主任、可持发展领域顶尖科学家郭华东院士将陪同主席参访。
此外克勒希主席也将在水利水电科学研究院与水利专家进行互动对话。
之后，克勒希主席将与水利部副部长王道席一同从北京乘坐高铁前往河南省郑州市。主席先生将参观从汉江丹江口水库到北京的南水北调中线工程。在郑州期间，主席先生将会见中共中央委员会委员、河南省委书记楼阳生，就地方政府落实2030年可持续发展议程及参与联合国相关议程等交换意见。
在华期间，联大主席还将会见联合国驻华协调员常启德先生，听取关于联合国驻华系统的工作介绍。
联大主席代表团成员包括办公厅主任斯佐科·拉斯洛大使、首席科学顾问 约翰尼斯·库尔曼先生以及其他两名团队成员。
此访原则上尽可能节省出行费用、时间，注重减少对环境的影响。
