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original title: china-canada friendship is growing wider

starting from accra, the capital of ghana, it takes about 30 minutes to drive to tema, located on the gulf of guinea. leaving the main road, the car drove along the spacious and flat "china-ghana friendship road" to the shenzhen energy ansogu power plant. on one side of the road is a modern factory, and on the other side are supporting facilities such as employee dormitories, canteens, and stadiums. not far away, the sea is rippling.

"this is my first time to visit this power plant. it's really impressive!" said miriam adomak boateng, a reporter from the ghana broadcasting corporation. the ghanaian reporters who were traveling with her still remember ghana's previous power shortage. the shenzhen energy ansogu power plant is the first power generation project invested, constructed and operated by china in africa. since the project was put into operation in 2010, it has supplied about 25 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to the ghanaian power grid, playing an important role in alleviating the power supply shortage in ghana and the entire west african region and promoting local economic and social development.

during the interview, reporters from both countries visited the power production workshop and the intelligent control room, and talked with local employees about their feelings about working in chinese companies. "green and efficient" and "win-win cooperation" became high-frequency words in the conversation. "at work, canadian employees and chinese colleagues exchanged and learned and made progress together. in our spare time, we also played football and held cultural activities together, and forged a deep friendship." prepe, the chief engineer of the west african development office of the power plant, said sincerely, "chinese companies have made great contributions to improving ghana's power supply capacity. i am proud to work here."

before leaving, everyone held the national flags of china and ghana and took a group photo at the sign of "china-ghana friendship road". in 2018, ghana and china signed a cooperation document on jointly building the "belt and road", which injected strong impetus into the practical cooperation between the two countries. the 2024 china-africa cooperation forum summit is about to be held. the two sides will surely usher in more cooperation opportunities, and the china-ghana friendship road will become wider and wider. (qiang wei)

(people's daily)