China's commitment to upholding multilateralism is very encouraging, said UN officials in interviews with Xinhua during the 75th session of the General Assembly. After decades of globalization and integration, the world is facing widening fragmentation in response to salient risks and challenges, due to the return of unilateralism, protectionism, treaty withdrawals and military and economic bullying practices. The General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Sept 22 with the theme of "The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism — confronting COVID-19 through effective multilateral action."