国内英语新闻:China dedicated to cooperation with other countries: top legislator

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang pledged on Monday that China is dedicated to cooperation with other countries.

Zhang, the chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), made the pledge at the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which kicked off on Monday at UN Headquarters here in New York.

In his speech, Zhang said China cannot develop in isolation from the world and the world also needs China for its development.

"China is committed to the path of peaceful development and strives to develop itself in a peaceful international environment and maintain and promote world peace through its own development," he said.

"This will benefit not only the Chinese people, but also people of the whole world," Zhang added.

The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, has fully shown China's dedication to peaceful development and win-win cooperation, said the Chinese legislator, adding that "It offered a new approach and opportunities for stronger cooperation under the principles of wide consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits."

Listening to people's call and meeting their expectations is the common responsibilities of parliaments and parliamentarians of all countries, Zhang said.

"China's NPC is ready to work with parliaments of other countries and international parliamentary organizations to make new contribution to building a better world," he noted.

Zhang is in New York to attend the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2, at the invitation of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Saber Chowdhury and IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong.

The Conference is organized by IPU every five years and supported by the Untied Nations.

The IPU, established in 1889, is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and cooperation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.