"accelerating the construction of a high-level south-china community with a shared future" (high-level interview)
2024-09-17
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source: people's daily
"south africa is the african country visited the most by president xi jinping, and we cherish our special friendship very much." south african president cyril ramaphosa said in an interview with our reporter a few days ago that south africa-china relations have been upgraded to an all-round strategic cooperative partnership in the new era, and the two countries will achieve common prosperity on the basis of solid political mutual trust.
ramaphosa told reporters that south africa's friendly cooperation with china is extensive and in-depth, not only involving bilateral fields such as economy, trade, culture, and education, but also long-term mutual support in jointly coping with global challenges. in multilateral arenas such as the united nations, the brics mechanism, and the forum on china-africa cooperation, south africa's cooperation with china has shown high quality.
ramaphosa believes that the special friendship between south africa and china is based on mutual understanding, mutual benefit and win-win results. he said that over the past 26 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the relationship between the two countries has flourished, and china is currently south africa's largest trading partner. during this visit to china, the two sides discussed further expanding economic and trade exchanges by optimizing the trade structure, increasing market access and expanding south africa's exports of high value-added products. these measures will further optimize bilateral cooperation and lay the foundation for achieving sustainable economic growth.
"south africa-china cooperation still has great potential, especially in the fields of clean energy, infrastructure, electric vehicles, etc. china's experience and technology are worth learning from south africa." ramaphosa said that china has advanced technology and a mature industrial system, and south africa has abundant raw materials needed to manufacture new energy batteries, which is enough to attract companies from both countries to work together to promote the development of related industries. ramaphosa also said that south africa's visa policy will be optimized as soon as possible to facilitate more chinese business people and tourists to enter south africa, further strengthen friendly exchanges between south africa and china, and promote mutual understanding between the two peoples.
when talking about china's policy toward africa, ramaphosa said: "china's bilateral relations with all african countries that have diplomatic ties with china have been elevated to the level of strategic relations, and the overall positioning of china-africa relations has been elevated to the all-weather china-africa community with a shared future in the new era. south africa cherishes and respects china's open attitude and initiatives with a highly strategic vision." ramaphosa believes that the ten partnership actions proposed by president xi jinping for china and africa to jointly advance modernization are highly consistent with the au's 2063 agenda, and can help africa promote connectivity and achieve common development.
ramaphosa is full of confidence in the future of bilateral relations. he said that the new south african government has just been established, and the multi-party delegation of south africa has visited china for the first time. "many members of the delegation are visiting china for the first time. they admire china's development achievements and hope to learn from china's development experience. a more united, diligent and efficient new south african government will work with the ever-trustworthy chinese partners to accelerate the construction of a high-level south africa-china community of shared future." ramaphosa said. (reporter yang ou zou song)
people's daily (page 02, september 16, 2024)
