President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani arrived in Beijing on Sunday morning to attend the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to be held in the Chinese capital from Sept. 4 to 6.
Assoumani has visited China multiple times and pursues a friendly policy toward China.
In 1975, China became the first country to recognize the independence of the Comoros and establish diplomatic relations with it. Over the past decades, the two countries have witnessed sound development of trade and economic ties and steady progress in economic and technological cooperation.
China's aid to the Comoros began in 1976, helping the African country build the water-supply project in Nioumakele, the People's Palace, the government office building, the presidential mansions, the TV and broadcasting building and other major infrastructure projects, and renovate the Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport. The Chinese-built Moroni Stadium has become one of the country's landmark buildings.
Many African leaders, including Chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, will lead delegations to the FOCAC summit. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will attend the summit as a special guest, and relevant international and regional organizations will also attend the summit as observers.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the summit on Sept 5.
The theme of the summit is "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future."
Following the 2006 FOCAC Beijing Summit, the 2015 FOCAC Johannesburg Summit, and the 2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit, the upcoming summit will be another happy reunion for the friendly family of China and Africa. It will also be the largest diplomatic event hosted by China in recent years.
President of the Comoros arrives in Beijing for FOCAC summit
President of the Comoros arrives in Beijing for FOCAC summit
President of the Comoros arrives in Beijing for FOCAC summit
President of the Comoros arrives in Beijing for FOCAC summit
More measures will be rolled out to cultivate more unicorn enterprises in China, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Wang Jiangping said at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.
Unicorn enterprises, as representatives of the new economy, business forms, and models, have emerged as a driving force behind the advancement of new quality productive forces, Wang said. And the number of unicorn enterprises in China has steadily increased in recent years, with their comprehensive capabilities significantly strengthened, leading to the emergence of numerous super unicorn enterprises, he said.
"Unicorn enterprises in sectors including high-end manufacturing, consumption, retail, high and new technology account for over 78 percent of the total. Among those that newly emerged last year, more than half are from hard and core technology fields of new energy, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors," Wang said.
"In the next step, our ministry will establish a unified national system to cultivate unicorn enterprises with cooperation between the ministry and provinces, supporting unicorn enterprises in technological innovation, encouraging and guiding them to pursue technological breakthroughs aligned with the country's strategic needs and acquire more unique know-hows. Efforts will be made to boost financial support for unicorn enterprises, leveraging industrial and financial cooperation platforms to assist their listing, merging, and reorganization. Forward-looking plans will also be made for future industries, focusing on new areas and arenas such as atomic-class manufacturing, brain-computer interface (BCI), and 6G, to promote the growth and expansion of unicorn enterprises. Efforts will be made to integrate unicorn enterprises into the global innovation network and carry out innovation cooperation," he said.
In response to issues such as insufficient orders reported by certain enterprises, Wang said in the fourth quarter, the ministry will collaborate with relevant departments to introduce another set of measures aimed at boosting consumption and expanding domestic demand, assisting enterprises in expanding their markets and unleashing vitality.
"We will focus on leveraging the impact of investment to carry out technology transformation and upgrades, as well as equipment upgrading. We will organize a series of actions centered around expanding consumption, optimizing the supply and promoting upgrades, to advance application scenarios to foster the growth and expansion of new high-quality productive forces, such as the low-altitude economy and smart manufacturing," Wang said.
China to foster more unicorn enterprises: official
