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china news service, beijing, september 17 (reporter wang gaofei, xue lingqiao, zhao li) in recent years, with the profound adjustment of the international political and economic landscape, the global south has continued to grow and develop, playing an increasingly important constructive role in promoting the development and evolution of the international order. focusing on the theme of the exemplary role of china-africa cooperation in south-south cooperation, ye hailin, president of the china institute of african studies, recently accepted an exclusive interview with china news service's "china focus face to face" and said that the cooperation between china and africa, including the construction of a community with a shared future, is a model of mutual assistance between developing countries, and is a mutual help between relatively mature industrialized countries and relatively low-level industrialized countries. it is of great significance to strengthen the cooperation of the "global south" in the future.

during the 2024 forum on china-africa cooperation summit, china issued the "china-africa joint statement on deepening cooperation within the framework of the global development initiative", in which all parties agreed to jointly discuss, build and share the global development project and funding pool, make good use of the global development and south-south cooperation fund, and deepen bilateral, multilateral and trilateral cooperation. in this regard, ye hailin believes that the basic principle followed by china-africa cooperation and "global south" cooperation is to expand the mutually beneficial cooperation between china and africa to the "global south" countries and form a mutually supportive situation within them.

he pointed out that the cooperation of the "global south" is committed to maintaining the process of globalization and is based on equal and mutually beneficial cooperation. the integration within the "global south" is conducive to preventing the harm caused by "small courtyards and high walls", setting a good example for globalization, and continuing to promote the realization of the globalization process when the pioneers of the globalization process change their strategies and try to undermine the globalization process.

looking to the future, during the summit, china proposed to upgrade china's bilateral relations with all african countries with which it has diplomatic ties to the level of strategic relations, and to upgrade the overall positioning of china-africa relations to the all-weather china-africa community with a shared future in the new era. in ye hailin's view, the all-weather strategic partnership is a very special and important concept in china's diplomatic language. the upgrading of china-africa partnership means that china is ushering in an unprecedented "diplomatic window".

he also pointed out that it is an innovative move to establish an all-weather cooperative relationship between china as a country and africa as a continent. although african countries are diverse in terms of language, race, and ethnicity, china and africa have a high degree of consistency in development. therefore, china-africa relations are at their best in history.

"chinese-style modernization is modernization on a huge population scale, setting an example for african countries and encouraging the people of african countries to develop their own modernization." ye hailin said that although there are many differences between china and africa in terms of cultural and historical origins, from the perspective of china's realization of modernization on a super-large population scale, china's development has set an example for the african people and called on late-developing countries to achieve modernization. (end)

(china news network)