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Xi raises 5-point proposal on boosting China-Africa cooperation

Xinhua, December 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping joined leaders from across Africa at a business conference here Friday and put forth a five-pronged proposal on further deepening win-win cooperation between the world's second-largest economy and the fast developing continent.

In the high-level dialogue with Chinese and African business dignitaries, which also concluded the fifth China-Africa enterprises conference, Xi told the hundreds of participants that China sincerely hopes to share its industrialization experiences with African countries and help the continent advance its own industrialization with financial, technological and talent support.

To that end, Xi suggested that China and African countries stick to equality-based and win-win cooperation, strike a right balance between principles and profits, and jointly build a community of common destiny.

China-Africa cooperation should also be open and inclusive, he said, adding that the two sides should welcome the involvement of enterprises from other countries that uphold the principle of mutual benefit.

Meanwhile, China and Africa should focus on practical cooperation oriented to capacity-building, said Xi, who pledged that China is willing to share its advanced and applicable technologies with Africa without reservation and deepen bilateral industrial cooperation so as to improve the quality of Africa's workforce, increase employment and lift the continent's endogenous growth impetus.

Also, the two sides need to pursue green and sustainable development, and China will help its African partners deal with climate change, improve environment protection and train professionals in related areas, Xi said.

In addition, he suggested that China-Africa cooperation prioritize infrastructure construction, so as to bring tangible benefits to all the people.

The Chinese president and African leaders are in Johannesburg for the second summit of the 15-year-old Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which groups China, 50 African countries that have established diplomatic ties with China, and the Commission of the African Union. Endi