CHINA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (GDI)

Launched by President Xi Jinping at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2021, the GDI aims to put “development high on the global macro policy agenda”. Its main constituency is the Global South that involves mostly developing and less developed countries. Thus far, the GDI remains largely a declaration of intent and principles and its funding scale is rather modest.  However, the GDI has been well received among developing countries, including in Southeast Asia. .