November 23, 2025

The Group of 20 (G20) summit opened in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday local time, the first held in Africa. Despite the US' boycott and pressure, global leaders attending the event reached a broad consensus on urgent issues including disaster resilience, debt sustainability, just energy transitions and critical minerals, and adopted the G20 South Africa Summit's Leaders' Declaration on the opening day. 

Chinese observers highlighted that the adoption of the joint declaration, over the objections of the US and its summit boycott, signals that China and other Global South countries have become increasingly important in terms of global governance, giving them a bigger seat at the table. Behind this lies broad consensus among Global South countries that the China-proposed Global Governance Initiative (GGI) has won wide support and is playing a key role in promoting true multilaterism, along with highly effective efforts that have been made to this end.

This year's G20 gathering is themed "Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability." According to the Xinhua News Agency, the two-day event highlights a pivotal moment for Africa as it seeks to elevate its role in global governance and advance development priorities shared across the Global South.

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