"things about china" kenyan president ruto: china-africa cooperation is win-win and we look forward to deepening cooperation with china
2024-09-03
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china daily reported on september 3 that the 2024 china-africa cooperation forum summit will be held in beijing on september 4, with the theme of "working together to promote modernization and build a high-level china-africa community with a shared future."
recently, kenyan president william ruto said in an interview with china daily that as the joint construction of the "belt and road" initiative deepens, kenya and other african countries look forward to deepening pragmatic cooperation with china at the upcoming 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit.
the success of intra-african trade will depend on the construction of transportation infrastructure, including the extension of roads and railways. at present, africa still has a large gap in infrastructure construction. the joint construction of the belt and road initiative by china and africa will effectively promote africa's sustainable development, economic growth and regional integration.
ruto said kenya looks forward to the expansion of the mombasa-nairobi railway so that it can eventually successfully connect mombasa, the largest port in east africa, and nairobi, the capital of kenya.
"kenya will fully benefit from the forum on china-africa cooperation and the belt and road initiative," ruto said, adding that other african countries also agreed that "this is an infrastructure that we all hope to complete."
children wait to board the mombasa-nairobi railway at nairobi station in nairobi, kenya, on october 6, 2023. image source: xinhuanet
speaking of cooperation in the field of renewable energy, ruto said that china is already a leading global technology exporter, especially in renewable energy. africa is considering how to use chinese technology to develop its renewable energy, and the combination of africa's renewable energy resources and china's new energy technology will achieve a win-win situation.
according to the international energy agency (iea), africa has 60% of the world’s best solar resources, but its installed solar photovoltaic capacity is only 1%.
ruto also said that kenya is exploring the possibility of cooperation with chinese companies in areas such as electric mobility, robotics, the internet of things and other new technologies.
he expects the scope of cooperation between kenya and china to expand, and the new partnership will bring opportunities and more investment opportunities for the private sectors of both countries.
"i see us exporting more and more avocados, tea and coffee to china ... and all this trade is being done by private enterprises."
as the people's republic of china is about to celebrate its 75th anniversary, ruto expressed special appreciation for china's achievements.
he said china has made unprecedented achievements in economic reform and human development.
"we all know that china has surpassed other countries in many areas and has lifted 800 million people out of poverty. today, china is already the world's second largest economy, which is a very commendable feat."
(translated by qi lei; edited by chen danni and han he)
source: china daily
