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deep integration and common development. in recent years, with the help of my country's financial institutions, landmark projects and "small but beautiful" livelihood projects in various fields in africa, such as transportation infrastructure, municipal facilities and green energy, are being implemented and benefiting the local people.

rwanda is located in the heart of africa. the 66-kilometer rwanda lake road, financed by chinese financial institutions and built by chinese companies, is one of the main north-south passages in western rwanda. after its opening, the travel time from here to kigali, the capital of rwanda, has been reduced from the original 6 hours toreduced to 3 hours.

su pei, project manager of china road and bridge corporation's rwanda office: before the construction of this road, it was a 4 to 7 meter wide dirt road, and many drivers were unwilling to take this road. now after the completion of this project, it has become the preferred road, opening up a transportation channel for coffee, tea and bananas.

local resident venust told reporters that he not only participated in the construction of this road, but also learned skills and made money from it. with the skills learned and experience accumulated during road construction, he now runs a sand and gravel sales company. relying on this road, he transports sand and gravel to the city for sale, and his business is booming.

local resident venust: the export-import bank of china funded this project. i am very grateful for their funding for our project. i also know about the belt and road initiative, which is the policy behind all projects and will be conducive to improving people's livelihood.

as a financial bridge to promote china-africa cooperation and exchanges, in recent years, the export-import bank of china has supported the implementation of a number of landmark projects and "small but beautiful" projects in africa.hydropower projects in guinea and nigeria provide clean and reliable electricity resources to millions of local residents, effectively alleviating the power shortage.

in the semi-desert area of ​​senegal, hundreds of new wells and water towers have been built toit has brought convenient and clean drinking water to more than two million local people. a number of landmark projects, such as the mombasa-nairobi railway and the maputo-katembe cross-sea bridge in mozambique, have promoted the efficient flow of personnel and materials.

zhou xuwen, deputy general manager of the sovereign client department of the export-import bank of china: as of now, the total balance of rmb and foreign currency loans of the export-import bank of china to non-overseas countries isabout 400 billion yuan, and the cumulative investment amount of the china-africa capacity cooperation fund established with equity participation is equivalent to nearly 30 billion yuan.over 700, coveringnearly 50 countries, covering multiple fields such as infrastructure, capacity building, green development, people's livelihood, etc., have effectively promoted the social and economic development of africa.

(cctv reporter zhang daofeng and li xuewei)