national development and reform commission: support africa in building "smart cities" and promote china-africa cooperation in 5g, big data, etc.
2024-08-29
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on august 29, a special press conference of the national development and reform commission was held to introduce the relevant situation of the "china-africa countries jointly building the belt and road" development report.
xu jianping, director of the regional openness department of the national development and reform commission, introduced that china and africa will strengthen digital infrastructure construction, promote high-speed internet access in africa, support africa in building "smart cities", and promote china-africa information network technology cooperation represented by 5g, big data, cloud computing, financial technology, and artificial intelligence.
xu jianping said that in recent years, china and african countries have worked together to promote cooperation in new areas such as health, green, digital and innovation, and have achieved positive results. in the next step, china and africa will further expand and deepen cooperation in these areas under the framework of jointly building the "belt and road", constantly enrich the content of cooperation, and enhance the level of cooperation, so as to achieve more and more tangible cooperation results.
first, continue to deepen china-africa health cooperation.china and africa will strengthen cooperation in the field of public health, promote the cooperation mechanism of china-africa counterpart hospitals and the construction of china-africa friendly hospitals, carry out public health exchanges and information cooperation, and support africa in improving its ability to prevent and treat infectious and non-communicable diseases and its public health level. medical teams will continue to be sent to african countries, and free clinics such as the "light journey", "love journey" and "smile journey" will continue to be carried out. according to the needs of african countries, chinese medicine will be actively promoted to enter africa to benefit more people in african countries.
second, vigorously promote china-africa green development cooperation.china and africa will jointly implement green development actions, and support the development of renewable energy such as solar energy and wind energy through green credit, environmental protection funds, carbon finance, green bonds and other means. deepen the china-au energy partnership and actively implement the "china-africa green innovation plan". support the construction of the "african green great wall" and build low-carbon demonstration areas and climate change adaptation demonstration areas in africa. carry out the "china-africa green envoy program" to train professional talents for african countries in the fields of environmental management, pollution prevention and control, green economy, etc., and stimulate the vitality of china-africa climate and environmental cooperation.
the third is to jointly promote the construction of the china-africa digital silk road.china and africa will strengthen digital infrastructure construction, promote high-speed internet access in africa, support africa in building "smart cities", advance china-africa cooperation in information network technologies represented by 5g, big data, cloud computing, financial technology, artificial intelligence, etc., support the construction of china-africa joint laboratories, partner research institutes, and scientific and technological innovation cooperation bases, eliminate the "digital divide", and help african countries achieve digital transformation.
fourth, actively explore new paths and models for china-africa scientific and technological innovation cooperation.china and africa will build a closer innovative cooperation partnership, implement the "belt and road" science and technology innovation action plan in depth, build a china-africa innovation cooperation center, and continue to hold the china-africa innovation cooperation and development forum. china will help african countries cultivate more high-tech talents, share china's experience in science and technology innovation and development with african countries, jointly create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for science and technology development, and promote more science and technology innovation achievements to take effect in africa.
red star news reporter fu yao and intern reporter liu yazhou report from beijing
editor zhang li responsible editor wei kongming
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