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the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit will be held in beijing from september 4 to 6. china and africa will discuss cooperation and the future around the theme of "jointly promoting modernization and building a high-level china-africa community with a shared future". people from many african countries are full of expectations for the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit, hoping that the cooperation between the two sides will continue to extend to emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, digital economy, green and low-carbon, and continue to inject new vitality into china-africa cooperation.

south african minister of trade, industry and competitiveness parks tau said that south africa has organized a delegation of more than 120 entrepreneurs covering various fields such as mining, energy, agriculture, and services to accompany the south african president to visit china, hoping that the two countries will further strengthen cooperation in the field of renewable energy.

△parks tau, minister of trade, industry and competition of south africa

parks tau: in the process of transitioning to renewable energy, south africa will strive to establish a green manufacturing industry centered on green hydrogen and related products, electric vehicles, and renewable energy components. we believe that this state visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to cooperate with chinese companies in key industrial chains, such as important mineral resources, electric vehicle and battery production, renewable energy generation and transmission, to promote south africa's rapid industrialization.

the fitategom tubatse special economic zone in limpopo province, south africa, mainly focuses on the battery industry. the head of the zone, matozzi ratombu, hopes that more chinese companies will invest in this field and that the two sides will have better opportunities for cooperation.

△ matozzi ratombu, head of fitatgom tubatse special economic zone in limpopo province, south africa

matozzi ratombu: we are looking forward to establishing a partnership with china so that chinese companies can invest in limpopo province, south africa. china has made great progress in battery manufacturing and energy storage. we believe that china's investment will have a learning effect in south africa. we are rich in raw materials for batteries, so we can strengthen cooperation and exchanges in raw materials, finished products, renewable energy batteries and energy storage capacity. both sides have good prospects for cooperation.

bakar, a reporter from zanzibar radio and television from tanzania, has reported on important events of the forum on china-africa cooperation for the third time. on the eve of the summit, he experienced the application of artificial intelligence in china's new energy vehicle field in a chinese factory. in an interview with cctv global information radio, he expected that china-africa cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence would change africa's future.

△ bakar, a reporter from zanzibar radio and television, tanzania

bakar: china has done very well in the field of artificial intelligence. i have seen in chinese factories that artificial intelligence can improve production efficiency and make car driving safer. i hope that at the summit, participants will discuss how to use advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence to achieve common development between china and africa.

rangiambolla, a reporter for madagascar midday, is full of expectations for africa's modernization. he believes that this is the common wish of the african people and he looks forward to china sharing more experiences in modernization development with africa.

△ "madagascar midday" reporter rangiambolla

rangiambola: i think the key point of this beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation is that china has shown its willingness to support africa's modernization. in other words, china is willing to support the challenges faced by the african continent and madagascar in the process of modernization. therefore, our african countries are very concerned about how to achieve modernization, as well as innovation and demonstration agriculture.

as an important international exchange and cooperation platform, the forum on china-africa cooperation has made great achievements in promoting economic growth, infrastructure construction, trade and cultural exchanges since its establishment in 2000, and has had a particularly significant impact on africa's economic development. africa is making progress, and all sectors of africa generally expect china to play an important role in africa's process of industrialization and modernization, and to achieve economic growth and prosperity together with africa.

reporter: zhu wanling, yang qiongxiangyi, li zhengshan, wang yiming, ge peng

editor: xiang yi

review: liu yiyao