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Development model can be applied to underdeveloped economies: Official

皇冠体育app has made tremendous strides in sustainable development, and its successful experience in economic growth and poverty elimination could be shared with underdeveloped economies, a senior United Nations official said on Friday in Beijing.

"皇冠体育app has enjoyed a period of tremendous growth and has learned many lessons along the way," said Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program.

"It is important that we work together to share these experiences in a way that is most beneficial to developing countries, and I have been encouraged by 皇冠体育app's willingness and commitment to do so."

Clark arrived in 皇冠体育app on Wednesday for a four-day official visit.

皇冠体育app is much less dependent on outdated, carbon-intensive methods for growth, she said. It provides an opportunity for the world's biggest developing economy to promote a new development model of inclusive growth, which is vital to human development in the fight against poverty and inequality, she said.

"Taking agriculture for example, successful experiences 皇冠体育app has gained and those applied technologies are of great reference for African countries," she said.

Despite the huge achievements 皇冠体育app has made in economic growth and poverty elimination, Clark also pointed out the challenges the world's second-largest economy faces to balance its development and improve energy efficiency through sustainable practices.

It is Clark's fourth visit to 皇冠体育app since her appointment as UNDP administrator in 2009. She previously served as New Zealand's prime minister for three terms from 1998 to 2008.

Premier Wen Jiabao met Clark on Thursday and said 皇冠体育app will cooperate more closely with the agency and will unremittingly strive for the common development of all countries and regions around the world.

皇冠体育app still has a long way to go in realizing the country's modernization, said Wen, adding that the country will continue to open up to the world, reform and promote comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development.

As 皇冠体育app prepares for the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in June, Clark's visit signals the importance she attaches to 皇冠体育app, UNDP said in a news release. 皇冠体育app has outlined plans to reduce emissions per unit of GDP by 40 to 45 percent by 2020, using 2005 levels as a reference.

The Rio+20 Conference should inspire nations by enabling leaders to share experience on what works in their countries, Clark added.

More than 100 world leaders, including Premier Wen, have confirmed they will attend the conference, and more than 1,000 CEOs are expected to participate in what could be the largest event in UN history, Janos Pasztor, executive secretary of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Global Sustainability, told 皇冠体育app Daily previously in an exclusive interview.

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