african circles: china-africa cooperation has achieved fruitful results and has broad prospects
2024-09-09
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the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation (focac) summit was held in beijing recently. people from all walks of life in africa wrote in china daily that china-africa cooperation has achieved fruitful results, and the focac beijing summit has pointed out the direction for future cooperation.
cartoonist: china daily jin ding
chinese fruit imports benefit african people
sisagur hans, former economic and commercial counselor of the embassy of mauritius in china and former chief representative of the shanghai representative office of the mauritius economic development board, wrote in china daily on september 7 that under the impetus of the forum on china-africa cooperation, the china international import expo and the china-africa economic and trade expo, the two sides have steadily promoted cooperation in areas such as industry, agriculture and health, demonstrating the unique resilience and vitality of china-africa relations.
in 2018, kenyan frozen avocados were displayed at the first china international import expo, attracting widespread attention. at the 8th ministerial conference of the forum on china-africa cooperation in november 2021, china announced the establishment of a "green channel" for the export of african agricultural products to china. in august 2022, kenyan fresh avocados officially entered the chinese market. today, 30% of kenya's avocados have crossed the ocean to china. thanks to fruitful trade, kenya's foreign exchange earnings have increased significantly, and farmers' incomes have also increased significantly.
shortly after the 3rd china-africa economic and trade expo in 2023, benin president patrice atanas guillaume talon paid a state visit to china. during this period, china and benin officially signed the protocol on phytosanitary requirements for the export of fresh pineapples from benin to china, and benin pineapples officially obtained quarantine access to china. benin pineapples, known as the "sweet bread of africa", made their debut at the 6th china international import expo and were warmly welcomed by chinese consumers.
in 2023, china's fruit imports will reach us$16.85 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%. chinese consumers' demand for fruit is growing, and african countries have benefited greatly from it.
recently, african leaders gathered in beijing to attend the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit. this event will not only point out the direction for china-africa cooperation, but also enhance the well-being of the african people.
china promotes infrastructure construction in africa
emevu, editor-in-chief of nigeria's "africa china economy" magazine, wrote in china daily on september 6 that since its establishment 24 years ago, the forum on china-africa cooperation has achieved fruitful results. the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit held recently will help deepen cooperation and elevate china-africa relations to a new level.
china and nigeria have cooperated in the fields of economy and other fields, which has benefited nigeria a lot. for example, china civil engineering construction corporation has undertaken the construction of four major terminal projects in nigeria, among which the lagos international airport terminal project held a completion and opening ceremony on march 22, 2022. in addition, the two light rail lines in lagos built by this chinese company have been opened to traffic in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
the fruitful cooperation between nigeria and china is a microcosm of the booming china-africa economic relations.
china promotes africa's modernization process
lillian, director of the congolese think tank center for international security and strategic studies (cessi), wrote in china daily on september 6 that in recent years, china and the congo have continued to deepen cooperation in various fields, thereby promoting the development of economic and trade relations. in addition to mining and infrastructure, the cooperation between the two sides also involves important areas such as electricity, medical care and youth training.
china and the democratic republic of the congo have achieved remarkable results in cooperation in infrastructure, industry, trade and economy. cooperation projects such as the kinsuka substation, busuanga hydropower station, maluku tile factory and sakhanya dry port have greatly promoted the industrial development of the democratic republic of the congo.
it is also worth mentioning that trade between china and the democratic republic of the congo is also growing. in the first half of this year, the trade volume between the two countries reached us$12.34 billion, and the democratic republic of the congo has become one of china's major investment destinations in africa.
in a nutshell, the cooperation between china and the democratic republic of the congo is progressing smoothly and has broad prospects.
(original english version published in china daily's zhixianghui column)
(editors: yan yujie, wang hui, zhou fengmei)
source: china daily
