feel the wonderful china and imagine the future of china and africa——african youth "china trip"
2024-09-01
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on august 21, chinese and foreign youths took a group photo during their visit in shanghai. photo courtesy of tsinghua university, xinhua news agency
xinhua news agency, beijing, september 1 title: feel the wonderful china and imagine the future of china and africa - african youth "china trip"
xinhua news agency reporters wei mengjia and huang shuo
"this is the first time that i have gained such an in-depth understanding of the development of various fields in china. i am very excited and have gained a lot!" at the second tsinghua international youth dialogue forum, jennifer asimwe, a media person from uganda, excitedly shared with students her insights from her recent trip to zhejiang.
in recent days, she and about 100 chinese and foreign youth representatives from more than 30 countries have participated in the tsinghua international youth dialogue event held by tsinghua university. they visited many provinces and cities in china to learn about china's achievements in scientific and technological innovation, ecological protection, cultural heritage and other fields.
in shanghai, they visited chinese automobile companies and greenland global commodity trade port to experience china's innovative momentum in international trade and intelligent manufacturing. in zhejiang, thriving science and technology parks and innovative companies showed them how new productivity can empower development. in guizhou, young people put on ethnic costumes, experienced tea art, long table banquets, miao and dong embroidery, etc., and felt the charm of chinese culture...
"everything in china is very convenient. whether it's traveling or paying, you can handle everything with a mobile phone." talking about his trip to china, asimwe talked endlessly, "chinese culture is profound and inclusive. people from all countries can live in harmony here. the chinese people are very welcoming. i really feel like i'm at home here."
on august 29, at the second tsinghua international youth dialogue forum, jennifer asimwe, a media person from uganda, shared her thoughts on her trip to china. xinhua news agency (photo by bi shanghong)
she was also impressed by the young entrepreneurs in china. "i saw many technology companies in zhejiang were founded and managed by young people, which are full of vitality, and the government has also introduced many policies to support them." asimwe said that these are worth learning from for african countries.
nigerian youth amir ashim took a photo at mutianyu great wall on august 28. xinhua news agency (photo provided by tsinghua university)
communicating with people from chinese artificial intelligence companies also excited amir ashim, a 25-year-old nigerian youth who once studied and worked in china and just founded an artificial intelligence company in beijing this year with his friends.
"i've seen that china has many policies to support and encourage foreigners to invest and start businesses. china's innovation environment and the rapid development of artificial intelligence have greatly inspired me and made me believe that i can also realize my dreams here," he said.
zhang runzhou, deputy director of the tsinghua university student global competence development guidance center, which organized the event, said that many young people did not know about china before. after the visit, they felt that the real china was very different from what they had imagined. they had a personal experience of china's poverty alleviation achievements, the concept of common prosperity, and green development practices. "we hope to build a platform for international youth exchanges and cooperation, build consensus among young people, and allow more young people to enter china and understand china."
asimwe said that much of what we had learned about china on social media was not true, and "more young people should come to china to experience the booming development of chinese-style modernization."
on august 29, at the second tsinghua international youth dialogue forum, amr wahba, an egyptian student studying for a doctorate in pharmacy at tsinghua university, shared his thoughts on his trip to china. xinhua news agency (photo by bi shanghong)
amr wahba, an egyptian student studying for a doctorate in pharmacy at tsinghua university, said that what impressed him most was the local practices of combating desertification and transforming to green energy in inner mongolia. "local governments have taken many measures to turn deserts into oases, and have also tried to grow traditional chinese herbal medicines on a large scale and study how to make them more effective medicines. this is very interesting to me."
at tsinghua university, experts and scholars from many universities, international organizations, and enterprises exchanged views with young people on topics such as technological innovation and green economy, sustainable development and youth leadership, and cultural exchanges and youth responsibility. these also made the young people in africa feel deeply and look forward to the future china-africa cooperation.
"chinese technology is very popular and has been widely used in africa and the middle east." wahba believes that china's technology and experience in climate change, energy transformation, infrastructure construction and other aspects are of great reference value to africa. at present, he is committed to studying the combination of traditional chinese medicine and artificial intelligence, and strives to promote chinese medicine to the world.
on august 25, chinese and foreign youths watched a robot performance in hangzhou, zhejiang. xinhua news agency (photo provided by tsinghua university)
in achim's view, africa has rich mineral resources, and china's artificial intelligence technology is a world leader. there are huge opportunities and a broad market in the future for using advanced artificial intelligence technology to improve mining efficiency.
this ambitious young man said that he and his partners are exploring the china-africa market and promoting cooperation. at the same time, a series of activities will be planned next year to encourage more african youth to start businesses in china. "i believe that in the future, chinese and african youth will work together, learn from each other, and strive to explore more cooperation to promote win-win development."
