Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 26 (Reporter Zheng Mingda) The State Council Information Office released 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 said that in the new era, President Xi Jinping put forward the policy concept of true friendship and sincerity towards Africa and the correct concept of justice and benefit, which has pointed out the way forward and provided fundamental follow-up for cooperation with Africa in the new era.
In 2015 and 2018, the Johannesburg Summit and the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation were successfully held successively, leading China-Africa cooperation to unprecedented new heights.
At the Beijing Summit, President Xi Jinping and African leaders unanimously decided to build a closer China-Africa community with a shared future and to further promote China-Africa cooperation in the construction of the “Belt and Road”, setting a new milestone in the history of China-Africa relations.
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.
After decades of hard work, China-Africa cooperation has flourished and grown into a towering tree that cannot be shaken by any force.
The white paper said that China-Africa friendly relations have been tested by wind and rain for more than half a century, and the two sides have always stood firmly together on critical moments and major issues concerning each other's future and destiny.
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 people of China and Africa are united and able to overcome difficulties and obstacles and forge a bright future.
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.