China News Service, November 26. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the white paper "China-Africa Cooperation in the New Era" on the 26th. Wu Peng, Director of the Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at the press conference that China is actively practicing This commitment of "Global Public Goods" is the first to provide vaccines to African countries. So far, nearly 200 million doses of vaccines have been provided to Africa.

　　At the press conference, a reporter asked a question. At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still raging around the world and has caused many difficulties for international cooperation. Can you tell us how China and Africa are responding to the challenge of the epidemic?

　　In this regard, Wu Peng said that the epidemic is indeed still raging, and how to deal with the epidemic may be an issue of great concern to all parties.

In the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, it should be said that both China and Africa have withstood severe tests. We have supported each other and fought side by side, singing together the strong voice of the era of unity and cooperation to overcome difficulties together.

　　There are nearly 100,000 technical personnel and laborers in China who stick to their posts. A large number of Chinese-funded companies go to Africa to support projects and factories there to resume work and production, and to ensure that more than 1,100 Chinese cooperation projects in Africa are under the epidemic Keep running.

Thanks to the joint efforts of China and Africa, a number of major projects have been completed one after another or made important progress, which have made major contributions to the local fight against the epidemic, people's livelihood protection, and economic recovery.

Under the epidemic situation, China-Africa cooperation still achieved remarkable results and demonstrated full resilience.

　　Wu Peng said that after the outbreak of the epidemic in Africa, we rushed to assist Africa as soon as possible, and carried out the most extensive and most difficult humanitarian assistance operation since the founding of New China.

　　"Because Africa is still far away from us and the transportation is inconvenient, how to transport these anti-epidemic materials to Africa is a huge challenge, but we have overcome it." Wu Peng said.

　　In accordance with the requirements of relevant countries, China coordinated local governments, enterprises and non-governmental organizations, donated various aid materials, and provided 120 batches of emergency anti-epidemic aid to 53 countries in Africa and the African Union, realizing the anti-epidemic aid in Africa. Full coverage of assistance.

China actively shares its anti-epidemic experience with African countries. It has sent anti-epidemic medical expert teams or short-term anti-epidemic medical teams to 17 African countries to jointly fight the epidemic with the African people, and promoted the China-aided African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters project ahead of schedule. Construction started at the beginning of this year, and the project is currently progressing very rapidly. We are confident that this project will be completed in about two years.

To help Africa overcome some temporary financial difficulties caused by the epidemic, China has actively implemented the G20 debt relief initiative.

　　Wu Peng said, it is important to point out that China is actively fulfilling its commitment to "make vaccines as a global public product", and is the first to assist African countries with vaccines. So far, it has provided nearly 200 million doses of vaccines to Africa.

Chinese companies are also actively cooperating with African companies in Africa to jointly produce vaccines for the new crown pneumonia. This is something that Africa needs very much.

　　The current epidemic is still continuing, and it has indeed brought a lot of difficulties to the economic and social development of Africa and China-Africa exchanges. Health cooperation will be one of the important contents of this forum in Dakar.

As I have just introduced, China is willing to continue to support African countries in fighting the epidemic in accordance with the development of the epidemic situation and the wishes of relevant countries.

China and Africa are confident that they will eventually overcome the epidemic in an all-round way, promote the quality and upgrade of China-Africa cooperation, transform and increase efficiency, and achieve high-quality development.