The Information Office of the State Council of China publishes the white paper "China-Africa Cooperation in the New Era"
China News Service, Beijing, November 26. The State Council Information Office of China issued a white paper on "China-Africa Cooperation in the New Era" on the 26th.
The full text of the white paper is about 21,000 words. In addition to the foreword and concluding remarks, it includes four parts, which are for building a closer China-Africa community with a shared future, continuously expanding China-Africa cooperation in various fields in the new era, unswervingly consolidating mutual support, and striving to create China-Africa New situation in the relationship.
The white paper says that China is the largest developing country in the world, and Africa is the continent with the largest concentration of developing countries.
Similar historical experiences and common historical missions have closely linked China and Africa. China and Africa have always been a community with a shared future.
The development of unity and cooperation with African countries is an important cornerstone of China's foreign policy, and it is also China's long-term firm strategic choice.
The white paper pointed out that China-Africa friendship has a long history.
For a long time, China has always respected Africa, loved Africa, and supported Africa. The Chinese people have always shared the same destiny and shared fate with the African people, and have embarked on a path of cooperation and win-win with distinctive characteristics.
At the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in September 2018, China and Africa decided to build a closer China-Africa community with a shared future, setting a new milestone in the history of China-Africa relations and ushering China-Africa relations and China-Africa cooperation into a new era.
China and Africa move forward together through storms and hardships, setting a model for promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The white paper says that China and Africa have a high degree of trust and China-Africa friendship is as solid as a rock.
China is committed to continuously consolidating political mutual trust between China and Africa, deepening practical cooperation in various fields, and providing assistance within its capacity for peace and development in Africa. China's cooperation with Africa has always been at the forefront of international cooperation with Africa.
At present, China-Africa relations are in the best period in history. The results of China-Africa cooperation spread all over Africa, improving the conditions for economic and social development in Africa and bringing tangible benefits to the people of both sides.
The white paper pointed out that China-Africa friendly relations have undergone more than half a century of trials and hardships, and the two sides have always stood firmly together on critical moments and major issues concerning each other's future and destiny.
African countries have provided important support for China to safeguard sovereignty, security and development interests, promote national unity, and achieve development and revitalization.
China firmly supports African countries in achieving national independence, taking a development path that suits their own national conditions, and supporting Africa's efforts to build integration and unite for self-reliance.
Facing the severe test of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China and Africa joined hands to deal with it, and China-Africa friendship has been upgraded.
The white paper says that at present, the reform of the global governance system and the international order is accelerating, and the international power balance is adjusted in depth.
Standing at another crossroads in history, China and Africa need to consolidate their partnership and build a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era.
The two sides will unswervingly deepen traditional friendship, unswervingly advance mutually beneficial cooperation, unswervingly safeguard common interests, continue to play the leading role of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, promote the construction of the "Belt and Road", and continue to promote China-Africa comprehensive strategic cooperation The partnership develops to a higher level and broader fields, and jointly creates a better tomorrow for China-Africa cooperation.
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