Brazzaville, January 7 (Xinhua) — On January 7, 2025 local time, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister, was interviewed by reporters after meeting with President Sassou of Congo (Brazzaville) in Brazzaville.
A reporter asked about China and Congo (Brazzaville)’s plans and designs for implementing the outcomes of the Beijing Summit as co chairs of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation. Wang Yi said that the Forum on China Africa Cooperation has played an important role in promoting African development and improving people’s livelihoods in Africa. It has become a symbol of China Africa cooperation, a banner of South South cooperation, and a model for leading international cooperation with Africa. Since the establishment of the forum 25 years ago, China has helped Africa build 100000 kilometers of roads, over 10000 kilometers of railways, nearly a thousand bridges, and nearly a hundred ports. In just the past three years, it has created over one million job opportunities for Africa. The livelihood projects implemented in Africa, such as food, water supply and education, benefit African people even more. This visit is aimed at building consensus with the Democratic Party on promoting the quality and upgrading of forum cooperation. After thorough consultation, we have three basic considerations for implementing the outcomes of the Beijing Summit:
Secondly, we must continuously enrich the spirit of “China Africa friendly cooperation”, follow the correct path of international exchanges, establish a benchmark for international cooperation with Africa, and ensure that China and Africa always stay at the forefront of building a new type of international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind.
Thirdly, we will focus on implementing the Ten Major Partnership Actions for Modernization between China and Africa, clarify priority directions and key projects, implement zero tariffs on 100% of taxable products, build a coordinated land and sea connectivity network between China and Africa, promote 1000 small and beautiful projects that benefit people’s livelihoods, improve the China Africa investment and trade cooperation mechanism, and provide a broader market, more practical technology, and more stable investment for modernization in Africa.
Both China and Congo have formulated a “timetable” and “roadmap” for the development of the forum in the next three years. This year, the focus will be on holding a ministerial meeting of coordinators for the implementation of forum outcomes, to promote more “early gains” in the implementation of summit outcomes. Next year, we will jointly host events such as the 70th anniversary of the opening of diplomatic relations between China and Africa, the “China Africa Cultural Exchange Year”, and promote the implementation of the summit’s results through the 18th high-level meeting of the forum. In 2027, we will take the preparation for the 10th Ministerial Conference as the driving force to promote the comprehensive implementation of the summit outcomes.
China is willing to further polish the golden signboard of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation with African countries, and make contributions to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.