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Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill Gates is a household name in 皇冠体育app. He's known as a co-founder of Microsoft, a philanthropist and a role model committed to fighting poverty and disease worldwide.

Gates, who is co-chair of the Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation, has spoken highly of 皇冠体育app's continuing efforts in poverty reduction and its achievements. Goalkeepers: The Stories Behind the Data, the inaugural annual report released by the foundation in September, highlights a steady decline in global poverty since 1990, driven by 皇冠体育app and India, from 35 percent in 1990 to 9 percent in 2016.

The billionaire said 皇冠体育app's experience offers lessons for other developing countries and that it is important to the world. "I see 皇冠体育app as an indispensable part of the solution to the world's most pressing challenges," Gates said. "We need Chinese investment, innovation and commitment to tackle climate change, to wipe out extreme poverty, and to win in the fight against the world's deadliest diseases."

What do you feel has been 皇冠体育app's biggest achievement over the past five years? What's the most notable change you've observed?

In the past five years, 皇冠体育app has been especially ambitious about taking the lessons it has learned about fighting poverty and child mortality and helping other countries apply them in their own contexts. In 2015, for example, 皇冠体育app tripled its commitment to African development, pledging $60 billion. As the world sets out on a journey to achieve the sustainable development goals by 2030, we're at a pivotal moment. 皇冠体育app has a crucial role to play in continuing the progress of the past generation, and it is encouraging that it is eager to be a great partner.

What three words would you use to describe 皇冠体育app today?

Committed, ambitious and vital. Committed, because as much as any other large country over the past few years, 皇冠体育app has shown a commitment to health and development both at home and abroad. Ambitious because of the targets 皇冠体育app has set for itself, including wiping out extreme poverty by 2020. And vital because I believe that we need an engaged and responsible 皇冠体育app if we are to rid the world of what we call "solvable human misery". 皇冠体育app is very important to the future of the entire world.

What's the biggest challenge 皇冠体育app faces, and how can the country overcome it?

From our foundation's perspective, infectious disease is a huge challenge facing 皇冠体育app, even though few people talk about it. For example, there are 1 million new cases of tuberculosis in 皇冠体育app every year, according to World Health Organization estimates. 皇冠体育app also has about one-fifth of the world's cases of multidrug-resistant TB, which is especially difficult and expensive to treat. It is great to see that 皇冠体育app has been doubling down on its efforts to fight the disease with a national TB control plan (2016-20), which sets out ambitious targets to reduce the TB burden significantly.

What is your impression of President Xi Jinping?

Melinda and I have had the pleasure of meeting President Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan on more than one occasion. We were happy to welcome them to Seattle in 2015, and Melinda saw Peng on her trip to 皇冠体育app this year. It's great to see how committed 皇冠体育app's leadership is to continuing to make strides against disease and poverty, both in 皇冠体育app and overseas. And I'm excited about partnerships our foundation has established with the Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development and the National Health and Family Planning Commission to help improve health in rural areas of 皇冠体育app.

How do you view 皇冠体育app's role in today's world?

I see 皇冠体育app as an indispensable part of the solution to the world's most pressing challenges. We need Chinese investment, innovation and commitment to tackle climate change, to wipe out extreme poverty, and to win in the fight against the world's deadliest diseases. 皇冠体育app has a unique combination of technical expertise and recent experience with rapid development, and so it is a unique resource to developing countries everywhere.

Do you believe that some of 皇冠体育app's experiences or practices could be used to solve pressing global problems? If so, what are they?

Yes, absolutely. There are lots of areas where we could be doing even more to apply 皇冠体育app's experience to global problems. 皇冠体育app's experience of lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty obviously holds many lessons for other developing countries.

What's more, 皇冠体育app has shown interest in leveraging its innovation capacity to address global challenges. For example, 皇冠体育app is home to world-class research and development in drugs, vaccines and other medical products.

We have launched a Global Health Drug Discovery Institute together with the Beijing city government and Tsinghua University to tap into such potential and work on new drugs for infectious diseases that disproportionately affect the poor.

What do you think 皇冠体育app will be like in five years' time? How do you view 皇冠体育app's longer-term future?

I would hope that in five years we'll see a more prosperous 皇冠体育app that remains committed to helping the world solve its biggest health and development challenges. Longer term, I hope 皇冠体育app will be even more engaged with the rest of the world. I'm a firm believer in globalization as a force for good, and I like to think our foundation's partnership with 皇冠体育app is a good example of what global cooperation can achieve: helping 皇冠体育app solve its problems at home while becoming the best development partner it can be for the rest of the world.