On August 23, 2024, the Ministry of International Affairs held a briefing for Chinese language and international media on President Xi Jinping’s attendance on the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Discussion board on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and associated occasions. Vice International Minister Chen Xiaodong briefed on that and answered questions from the journalists.
Chen Xiaodong stated, the 2024 Summit of the FOCAC can be held in Beijing from September 4 to six. The leaders of China and Africa will collect across the theme “Becoming a member of Palms to Advance Modernization and Construct a Excessive-Degree China-Africa Group with a Shared Future” to have fun friendship and chart the way in which ahead for cooperation. This marks one other grand reunion of the China-Africa huge household following the 2006 Beijing Summit, the 2015 Johannesburg Summit, and the 2018 Beijing Summit of the FOCAC. It’s also the biggest diplomatic occasion China has hosted lately, with the best attendance of international leaders. Leaders of many African international locations and the Chairperson of the African Union Fee will lead delegations to take part within the Summit. The UN Secretary-Basic can be a particular visitor and related worldwide and regional organizations will even attend the Summit as observers.
Chen Xiaodong stated that the Summit will maintain a welcoming banquet, opening ceremony, 4 high-level conferences on the subjects of state governance, industrialization and agricultural modernization, peace and safety, high-quality Belt and Street cooperation, in addition to the eighth Convention of Chinese language and African Entrepreneurs and different associated actions. President Xi Jinping will ship an necessary keynote speech to elaborate on the brand new concepts and propositions on constructing a high-level group with a shared future between China and Africa, and announce new actions and measures for sensible cooperation with Africa. President Xi Jinping will even maintain associated bilateral actions for international leaders attending the Summit. The Summit will even undertake two final result paperwork, the Declaration and the Motion Plan, to construct main consensus between the 2 sides and chart a path for implementing high-quality China-Africa cooperation within the subsequent three years.
Chen Xiaodong identified that over the 24 years for the reason that institution of the FOCAC, notably within the new period, the Discussion board has at all times adhered to the ideas of planning collectively, constructing collectively, and benefiting collectively. The event of the Discussion board has been outstanding, making it a “golden model” of China-Africa cooperation and a banner for main worldwide cooperation with Africa and for deepening World South cooperation. Below the joint concern and contribution of President Xi Jinping and African leaders, China and Africa have targeted on pleasant cooperation, steadily advancing the event of the Discussion board and the implementation of its outcomes, propelling China-Africa relations to make nice strides ahead and obtain leapfrog improvement.
First, the constructing of a China-Africa group with a shared future is advancing to the next degree. President Xi Jinping attaches nice significance to China-Africa relations, and through his first abroad go to as state president in 2013, he visited Africa, the place he proposed the precept of sincerity, actual outcomes, amity and good religion and the precept of pursuing the larger good and shared pursuits. He identified that China and Africa have at all times been a group with a shared future. President Xi Jinping has visited Africa 5 instances, attended two FOCAC summits, and chaired the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity In opposition to COVID-19 and the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue. He summarized the spirit of China-Africa friendship and cooperation and in individual charted the course for the event of China-Africa relations within the new period. Below the steering of head-of-state diplomacy, China-Africa relations have entered a brand new section of constructing a high-level China-Africa group with a shared future. The constructing of a China-Africa group with a shared future continues to be on the forefront of constructing a group with a shared future for mankind.
Second, mutually useful cooperation between China and Africa is advancing towards higher-quality improvement. President Xi Jinping identified that on the trail to modernization, China has all alongside been a agency supporter, and strolling aspect by aspect with Africa. Either side have synergized the Belt and Street Initiative and the World Improvement Initiative with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the event methods of African international locations. Primarily based on the platform of the FOCAC, China and African nations have collectively carried out the ten cooperation plans, eight main initiatives, and 9 packages, to constantly enhance and improve China-Africa cooperation. China is the biggest growing nation investor in Africa and has remained Africa’s largest buying and selling companion for 15 consecutive years, demonstrating the sturdy resilience and vitality of China-Africa cooperation.
Third, the strategic coordination between China and Africa is advancing to deeper ranges. President Xi Jinping emphasised that irrespective of how the worldwide panorama could evolve, China shall by no means waver in its dedication to pursue larger solidarity and cooperation with Africa. China and Africa, adhering to the 5 Rules of Peaceable Coexistence, proceed to deepen strategic mutual belief and constantly help one another on points regarding their core pursuits. Either side collectively advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally useful and inclusive financial globalization, collectively promote and implement the three international initiatives, safeguard worldwide equity and justice, and improve the worldwide governance system. China and Africa have develop into a mannequin of solidarity and cooperation for the “World South”.
Fourth, China-Africa people-to-people and cultural exchanges are increasing into broader areas. President Xi Jinping identified that the peoples of China and Africa are destined to be good mates. Lately, civil exchanges between China and Africa have been lively and frequent, with quite a lot of cultural trade actions such because the China-Africa Youth Gala. The “Shared Area China-Africa Goals” exhibition in China’s Tian’gong area station shows the work carrying the goals of African youth. Chinese language and African students collectively proposed the “China-Africa Dar es Salaam Consensus” on the China-Africa Suppose Tanks Discussion board, which supplied options, concepts and proposals to handle main points and challenges dealing with as we speak’s world, reflecting the shared aspirations of the “World South”.
Chen Xiaodong stated, the Third Plenary Session of the twentieth Central Committee of the Communist Social gathering of China made strategic plans for additional deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese language modernization, which can convey extra alternatives and hopes to international locations on this planet, together with Africa. This Summit will pool in depth consensus for the 2 sides to satisfy challenges and construct a broad platform for sharing improvement alternatives. China is able to seize this necessary alternative with Africa to embark on a brand new journey towards modernization collectively, additional elevate the constructing of a China-Africa group with a shared future to new heights, and proceed writing a brand new chapter within the mutual understanding, affinity and friendship between the folks of China and Africa. Collectively, they may ship a strong message of Africa and China collaborating in and main the reform of the worldwide governance system, in order to assemble sturdy momentum to advancing world modernization.
Chen Xiaodong additionally answered questions on the event of the FOCAC and the high-level conferences, amongst others.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of International Affairs of the Folks’s Republic of China.