national development and reform commission: "small but beautiful" livelihood projects promote sustainable development in africa
2024-08-29
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on the morning of august 29, the national development and reform commission held a special press conference. xu jianping, director of the regional openness department of the national development and reform commission, introduced the 2024 edition of the blue book "china-africa countries development report on the joint construction of the belt and road initiative" at the meeting, and sorted out the development achievements of china's cooperation with african countries in jointly building the "belt and road initiative".
at the meeting, xu jianping gave examples and introduced that as china's pragmatic cooperation with african countries in jointly building the "belt and road" has continued to deepen, a number of major landmark projects and "small but beautiful" people's livelihood projects have been promoted, which has effectively promoted the economic and social development and improvement of people's livelihood in african countries.
for example, the mombasa-nairobi railway in kenya has driven the rapid development of the logistics and manufacturing industries along the line, and the logistics and transportation costs have dropped by 40%. the contribution rate to kenya's economic development has exceeded 1%, becoming a "happy road" that helps kenya's prosperity and development. chinese companies pay attention to ecological protection in the construction of the mombasa-nairobi railway project. a total of 14 large wildlife passages, 600 culverts and 79 bridges are set up along the line to facilitate the smooth passage of animals. while building and operating industrial parks, chinese companies have also set up luban workshop training bases in the industrial parks, which have played an important role in cultivating local ugandan professionals in fitters, electrical automation, cnc processing, etc.
xu jianping said that china and africa will continue to deepen exchanges of experience in governance, strengthen the connection of development concepts, and jointly explore development paths that suit the national conditions of each country. china and africa will jointly promote the joint construction of the "belt and road" initiative and strengthen the connection with the african union's "2063 agenda" and the united nations 2030 agenda for sustainable development, continuously enhance the level of china-africa comprehensive strategic partnership, and play an important supporting role in building a closer china-africa community with a shared future.
china and africa will continue to strengthen cooperation in the field of health and support africa in improving its ability to prevent and treat infectious and non-communicable diseases and its public health level. china and africa will jointly enhance the momentum of economic development, build a widely participated international cooperation platform, promote economic and social development in africa, and provide a material basis for improving people's livelihood. china and africa will plan to build a number of "small but beautiful" livelihood projects in the fields of juncao technology, biogas promotion, greenhouse planting, etc., which are effective and conducive to poverty alleviation, further enhance africa's independent and sustainable development capabilities, and help the african people accelerate the process of poverty alleviation and prosperity.
