Pio Smith is UNFPA's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific.

Analisa Low is the Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the People's Republic of China.

Bouthaina Shaaban is a special advisor to the Syrian presidency.

Lu Kang is the ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Indonesia.

Navracsics Tibor is Hungary's Minister of Public Administration and Regional Development.

Li Ming is China's ambassador to Serbia.

Lu Shaye is China's ambassador to France.

Baudelaire Ndong Ellais is Ambassador of Gabon to China.

António Serifo Embaló is the ambassador of Guinea-Bissau to China.

Sonali Jain-Chandra is the Chief of the International Monetary Fund China Division and Steven Barnett is the Senior Resident Representative in China of the International Monetary Fund.

Paul Chan is the Financial Secretary of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.

Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr., a Brazilian economist, is the former Vice President of the New Development Bank (NDB) and former Executive Director for Brazil and other countries in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China.

Lu Shaye is China's ambassador to France.

Sika Kabore is former First Lady of Burkina Faso and Head of the KIMI Foundation; and Isatou Touray is former Vice President of the Republic of the Gambia.

Gordon Brown, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is UN Special Envoy for Global Education.

In this article, Marco V. Balarezo, Peruvian ambassador to China, shared his thoughts on this topic. The article reflects the author's opinion and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

In this article, Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, the Executive Director of APEC Secretariat, shared her thoughts on this topic. The article reflects the author's opinion and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, shares his visions on the Global Security Initiative proposed by Chinese leadership.

Beth Dunford is the vice president for agriculture, human and social development at the African Development Bank Group.