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Seminar to be convened on southern Africa integration, China role a main focus

Xinhua, February 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

A research seminar has been scheduled to take place from April 20 to 21 this year in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the prospects for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional integration through industrialization and the role of China.

The University of Johannesburg Confucius Institute (UJCI) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with Oxfam International's Africa-China Dialogue Platform (ACDP) based in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, will host the seminar, according to an statement from ECA on Friday.

The seminar will examine the China-SADC relationship in the context of SADC's new industrialization policy and its revised regional indicative strategic development plan, said the statement.

The seminar is expected to dwell upon issues related to the nature of the SADC-China relationship, and whether it is anchored on the region's quest to accelerate its industrialization program, structural transformation and cooperation in infrastructure development, as well as on the implications for the region.

Key regional documents, frameworks and platforms in particular Africa Union's Agenda 2063, SADC Strategy and Roadmap on Industrialization and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation which define the interactions between AU, SADC and China will constitute guiding elements in framing the discussion, noted the statement.

Others include the SADC's Lusaka Declaration (Southern Africa: Towards Economic Liberation), and the revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan, according to the statement.

The two-day seminar will be bringing together Africa's thought-leaders on industrialization and Sino-Africa cooperation, said the statement. Endit