forum on china-africa cooperation | sharing friendship, discussing cooperation and talking about the future - people from many african countries look forward to the beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation
2024-09-04
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xinhua news agency, beijing/abidjan, september 3title: sharing friendship, discussing cooperation and talking about the future - people from many african countries look forward to the beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation
xinhua news agency reporter song ying zhang jian
the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit will be held in beijing from the 4th to the 6th. this is the second time that chinese and african leaders have met in beijing since the 2018 beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation. the two sides will share friendship, discuss cooperation and talk about the future around the theme of "jointly promoting modernization and building a high-level china-africa community with a shared future".
china and africa are friendly brothers with true friendship and sincerity, and a model of solidarity and cooperation among developing countries. the construction of a china-africa community with a shared future continues to be at the forefront of building a community with a shared future for mankind. the forum on china-africa cooperation has become the "golden signboard" of china-africa cooperation and an effective mechanism to lead international cooperation with africa and deepen cooperation in the "global south".
as the summit is about to begin, people from many african countries are full of expectations, hoping that china and africa will jointly draw a blueprint for future development, join hands in embarking on a new journey of modernization, and promote the opening of a new era of building a high-level china-africa community with a shared future.
this is a photo of the beijing national convention center taken on the evening of september 2. photo by xinhua news agency reporter li xin
bringing together the strength of the “global south”
the brotherly friendship between china and africa has a long history and has become stronger over time. since the establishment of the forum on china-africa cooperation in 2000, china-africa friendly and pragmatic cooperation has achieved leapfrog development. in 2013, the policy of "real, pro-african and honest" and the correct concept of justice and interests proposed by chinese president xi jinping led the construction of a china-africa community with a shared future into the "fast lane". under the guidance of the diplomacy of heads of state, china and africa have entered a new stage of jointly building a high-level china-africa community with a shared future.
talking about the upcoming beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation, people from many african countries hope that through this summit they can jointly strengthen the power of the "global south", advance the building of a china-africa community with a shared future to a new level, and jointly send a strong voice for china and africa to promote the reform of the global governance system.
anat wilfrid mbosa, president of the official congolese newspaper new republic, said that china never attaches any political conditions to its support and assistance to africa, and hopes that this summit will further promote the strengthening of political cooperation between africa and china and advance the construction of a community with a shared future for africa and china on the basis of respecting the independence of african countries. as the continent with the highest concentration of developing countries in the world, africa needs to closely unite with china, the largest developing country, strengthen cooperation in international affairs, and jointly promote the reform of the global governance system.
austin thomas, editor-in-chief of sierra leone's awok newspaper, said he expects the summit to inject strong energy into building a high-level africa-china community with a shared future. elvis ngole ngole, professor of international relations at the university of yaounde in cameroon, said that africa and china are committed to further strengthening their comprehensive strategic partnership and building a stronger africa-china community with a shared future. he expects the summit to continue to advocate the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness and sharing, and promote high-quality cooperation between africa and china.
gert grobler, former senior south african diplomat and honorary professor of the institute of african studies at zhejiang normal university, believes that china-africa relations have great development potential and will continue to be a successful model of cooperation in the "global south". "we believe that through this summit, africa and china will enhance traditional friendship, deepen solidarity and cooperation, open up a new situation for accelerating common development, and write a new chapter in building a community with a shared future for africa and china."
promoting china-africa practical cooperation
seeking development and cooperation is the common pursuit of china and african countries. china and africa have organically connected the belt and road initiative and the global development initiative with the au's 2063 agenda and the development strategies of many african countries. from the "ten cooperation plans" to the "eight actions" and then to the "nine projects", china-africa cooperation has been continuously upgraded. china has remained africa's largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years.
on may 9, exhibitors talked with guests at the china-africa economic and trade expo's "entering africa" tour held in nairobi, the capital of kenya. photo by xinhua news agency reporter li yahui
walid jamaluddin, chairman of the general authority of the suez canal economic zone in egypt, told reporters before attending the summit with the egyptian delegation that the beijing summit will become an important platform for promoting communication and exchanges between african and chinese economic and trade partners. "we can discuss with african partners how to better serve them, and we can also discuss how chinese investors can better serve africa through egypt."
kenya airways chief commercial and customer officer julius saylu is full of confidence in the chinese market and is also looking forward to the summit. he said: "i hope that african and chinese leaders will discuss future development and cooperation plans, visit each other more often, and enable kenya airways to fly more frequently and farther in china."
sudan's minister of energy and petroleum muhyiddin naim mohammed said said that he hopes that while africa and china continue to expand investment and trade in traditional areas such as infrastructure and agriculture, they will gradually extend cooperation to emerging areas such as clean energy and green economy, providing strong impetus for the common development of africa and china and opening up a bright future for the traditional friendship between africa and china.
in recent years, china-africa people-to-people exchanges have expanded to wider areas, the two sides' cultural, media and think tank exchange activities have been colorful, and people-to-people exchanges have been frequent and active.
rodrigo tene tallin, a cameroonian doctor who works at the institute of african studies of zhejiang normal university, said that the china-africa cooperation gave him the opportunity to go to china and realize his dream. he aspires to become an ambassador of cultural exchange between cameroon and china, and looks forward to the continuous development of china-africa cooperation to create a better future for african youth.
benjamin aniager, secretary general of the ghana-china friendship association, said that cultural exchanges between africa and china are heating up year by year, and the friendship between the peoples is deepening, which has helped promote friendly cooperation between africa and china in the fields of politics, economy and trade. "i hope that africa and china can use this summit to further expand cultural exchanges, promote scientific and technological cooperation, increase the exchange of students between the two sides, and make the friendship between africa and china bear more fruits."
join hands in the new journey of modernization
africa is known as the "youngest continent in the world". promoting the modernization process is the common dream of china and africa. how to transform the huge population size into human resource advantages and promote modernization development is the key to the development and revitalization of china and africa.
on june 4, in kitwe, zambia's copperbelt province, zambian employees remotely controlled underground mining equipment production operations at the digital production control center of the southeast ore body of the chambishi copper mine. the copper mine was closed for more than ten years. china nonferrous mining group and zambia united copper mines investment holding company jointly invested in the establishment of china nonferrous africa mining co., ltd. to redevelop it. xinhua news agency (photo courtesy of china nonferrous africa mining co., ltd.)
last august, president xi jinping announced three major measures to support africa's industrialization, agricultural modernization and talent training at the china-africa leaders' dialogue in south africa, covering areas that are urgently needed for africa's modernization. china also released the china-africa talent training cooperation plan, announcing that it will continue to strengthen capacity building cooperation with africa in technology transfer, education and training.
before leaving for beijing to attend the summit, kenyan president ruto said that kenya believes that this summit will inject new impetus into kenya-china cooperation and help kenya and more african countries move towards modernization. he said that kenya and china are jointly exploring the vivid practice of modernization, working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind and benefit the people of both countries.
guy-gervais kitina, editor-in-chief of the brazzaville express, the largest-circulation newspaper in the republic of congo, said that china's economic development achievements have benefited africa for decades. he hoped that this summit would continue to help africa explore the path of agricultural industrialization, promote exchanges in the field of science and technology between africa and china, and contribute more to promoting the economic development and modernization of african countries.
paul musoza, an economist from zimbabwe, believes that accelerating the modernization process is a common expectation of the people of africa and china. africa is still facing problems such as a high proportion of primary product exports, imperfect transportation and energy infrastructure, and low agricultural productivity. china is the best partner to help africa cope with these challenges.
paul frimpong, executive director of the ghanaian think tank africa-china policy advisory center, said that china-africa cooperation is pragmatic and has brought tangible benefits to the african and chinese people. china will always be africa's most reliable partner on the road to modernization.
