Zimbabwe is working closely with China to support local export companies as a measure to boost its foreign currency earnings, which will in turn stabilize the economy, Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo has said.
The ideas and eight major initiatives President Xi Jinping put forward in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation are a clear demonstration of win-win cooperation on equal footing, analysts said.
More than 20 participants from seven African countries demonstrated Chinese martial arts at a gala on Monday night welcoming African leaders to the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
An alliance for building stronger China-African ties and pursuing win-win cooperation in the energy sector through an integrated African grid was proposed in Beijing on Tuesday.
While leaders of China and African nations were having a roundtable meeting on partnership on Tuesday, their wives were busy discussing another important issue - AIDS prevention - on the sidelines of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Chinese companies have a key role in ensuring sustainable development in Africa and helping its economies tackle challenges such as limited export opportunities, weak infrastructure and unemployment, business executives from China and Africa said on Tuesday.
Fighting infectious diseases, including AIDS, will remain a priority in health cooperation between China and African countries, a senior health official said.
The president of the African Development Bank said on Tuesday that the Belt and Road Initiative has helped unlock the growth potential of the continent. He also identified agriculture as the biggest investment opportunity for Chinese companies in Africa.
African leaders attending the ongoing Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation hailed the prospects of Sino-African ties, saying the Belt and Road Initiative helps boost partnerships.
Irivuzimana Felicien smiled as he helped an elderly woman retrieve an electronic ticket on her smartphone to enter one of Beijing's most-visited imperial ruins - Yuanmingyuan, also known as the Old Summer Palace - in the northwestern outskirts of the capital on Monday.
The Belt and Road Initiative will make an important contribution to removing the connectivity bottleneck problem between African countries, a senior United Nations official said, calling the matter "quite urgent".
With enormous goodwill and all-weather friendly cooperation with Beijing, Africa can join the ride on the Belt and Road express, bring her accumulated wisdom of community resilience on board, give the full expression of her contemporary renaissance and integrate it to the Chinese Dream of rejuvenation and jointly construct a community of shared future for all mankind.
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