China supports, contributes to post-war international order: Fu Ying

China has been supporting and contributing to the UN framework and its associated international institutions built after World War II, Fu Ying, chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China's 12th National People's Congress, said here on Wednesday.

Fu said in a speech delivered at Fullerton Lecture that "the international order China supports and identifies with is the UN framework and its associated international institutions built in the wake of World War II."

China has chosen to integrate itself into the international order and has greatly benefited from being part of it, Fu said, highlighting that the order "was built for maintaining world peace and security and for providing principles and norms for fair and equal relations among countries, which gives it widely recognized legitimacy."

Fu said China's role regarding the international order has changed from "learning and adapting," "participating and benefiting" to "reforming and contributing."

She said the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative are good examples of such efforts. China, together with other members of the international community, has been actively promoting progress in this direction.

Fu noted that the world can think about a bigger and more inclusive framework of global order at some stage. "We may compare such a framework to a mega umbrella, each and every member of the international community shall find its place and have a say," she said.

In order to build such a framework, countries need to engage in more extensive dialogues at all levels, she added.

Fullerton Lecture, organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia and supported by The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, focuses on issues covering geo-economics, international law, foreign policy, defence and national security strategy. Endi