China always firmly stands with the Group of 77 (G77) in safeguarding international fairness and justice, and in defending and expanding the common interest of developing countries and countries around the world, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a regular news briefing when asked to comment on the cooperation between China and the G77.

China is the closest cooperation partner of the G77, and greatly values the Group of 77 and China (G77+China) cooperation mechanism, Lin said.

Since last year, Lin said, several important international conferences, such as the Havana Summit of the Group of 77 and China, and the Third South Summit, were successfully held, where China and the vast developing countries sent a strong message of enhancing solidarity and cooperation and reaffirmed our commitment to increasing the representation and voice of developing countries in global governance.

"As the largest developing country, a partner of the Non-Aligned Movement and a member of the Global South, China will always work with fellow developing countries to share weal and woe like passengers in the same boat," Lin said.

Noting this year marks the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, he said China looks forward to working with fellow developing countries to carry forward and champion this widely-recognized basic norm in international relations and basic principle in international law under the new circumstances, actively advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization for common development and rejuvenation as well as a community with a shared future for mankind.