
The “International Economic and Trade Cooperation Initiative on Green Minerals” was jointly proposed by China and relevant parties at the G20 Johannesburg Summit in November 2025. It aims to build a new type of partnership centered on green minerals that is open, mutually beneficial, fair, and reasonable; to strengthen international cooperation on green minerals in the economic and trade sectors by leveraging respective strengths; and to jointly maintain the stability of a global green minerals production and supply chain that is mutually beneficial, fair, and reasonable.