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on september 12, foreign ministry spokesperson mao ning hosted a regular press conference.

a reporter asked, today is the united nations south-south cooperation day. during the beijing summit of the forum on china-africa cooperation, many african leaders praised china-africa cooperation as a model of "south-south cooperation". un secretary-general guterres also stated at the summit that the china-africa partnership is the main pillar of global "south-south cooperation". under the current situation, how does china view "south-south cooperation"? how to further promote "south-south cooperation" in the future?

file photo of mao ning. source: ministry of foreign affairs website

mao ning said that china is the largest developing country and a natural member of the "global south". africa is the continent with the highest concentration of developing countries. president xi jinping put forward six major proposals for china and africa to jointly promote modernization at the beijing summit, which were widely recognized by all parties present. this will have a significant and far-reaching impact on leading the "global south" to accelerate modernization and promote world modernization.

mao ning said that china has always been a backbone force in promoting the development and revitalization of the "global south". we have provided development assistance to more than 160 countries, worked with more than 150 countries to jointly build the "belt and road", promoted global development initiative cooperation with more than 100 countries and international organizations such as the united nations, established the "global development and south-south cooperation fund", and supported the implementation of more than 150 projects.

in "south-south cooperation", china never attaches any political conditions and always sincerely helps developing countries to enhance their independent development capabilities. we will continue to promote common prosperity of the "global south" countries with tangible cooperation results.

source: beijing daily client | reporter zhou jingwei

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