Khalid Malik Quotations

There is no question that more can be done to mend the gap that so often triggers social unrest when economic growth on a national scale leaves the poor and disadvantaged behind.

China should make a larger attempt to solve the lingering problems of farmers whose land was inadequately or randomly compensated in the past, and I am sure it will.

China is the world's fastest growing economy over the past two decades, with per capita incomes rising threefold. The country climbed 20 places in the Human Development Index ranking to 85th since 1990,

Crippling low incomes, lack of access to health care and low education prospects all plague the Chinese countryside.

On behalf of the UNDP, I congratulate the Chinese Government and people once again for this truly colossal achievement,

Achieving development with greater equity and ensuring that all people, including the disadvantaged groups, have equal opportunities and a decent life free from poverty should be the future focus of China's future development plans.

Gender equality is a precondition to overcoming starvation, poverty and epidemics.

The economic cooperation and prosperity of Northeast Asia will contribute to stability of the region, ... We want to make some concrete progress in the next 10 years' program.

The Chinese government has realized the grave consequences of social inequality, and has started to tackle the problem head-on.