On June 26, 2025, Zhao Yingmin, President of BRI International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) met with Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), in Beijing. The two sides held in-depth discussions on South-South cooperation on climate change, climate and energy collaboration, as well as technical assistance and capacity-building initiatives.

Zhao Yingmin welcomed Jorge Moreira da Silva and his delegation, recalling their exchanges during COP29. He introduced BRIGC’s business framework featuring “one mechanism with three platforms”, i.e. the flagship dialogue mechanism “BRI Green Innovation Conference”, supported by the Green Investment and Finance Partnership (GIFP), the Green and Low-Carbon Expert Network (GLEN), and the BRI Environmental Big Data Platform. Zhao noted, as a responsible major developing country, China has proposed the Global Development Initiative (GDI) and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and consistently supported other developing nations in climate change response and green low-carbon transition through South-South cooperation on climate change and environmental protection. He shared China’s best practices in South-South cooperation on climate change and highlighted BRIGC’s progress in policy research and capacity building. He expressed hope to strengthen collaboration with UNOPS to jointly advance sustainable development and climate resilience in developing countries.

Da Silva congratulated Zhao Yingmin on his election as the President of BRIGC and outlined key focus areas for UNOPS. He spoke highly of China’s GDI and BRI, recognizing their significant role in advancing sustainable development in developing countries. Expressing his willingness to strengthen partnership with BRIGC, he proposed sharing expertise in project implementation and capacity building of UNOPS to jointly support developing nations in achieving green, low-carbon development and sustainable prosperity.

The meeting was also attended by the Executive Member of BRIGC Governing Board, BRIGC Secretary General, and BRIGC Chief Development Officer, as well as the Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Region, and Senior Advisor on Public Relations and Outreach from UNOPS.