Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba in Beijing on Thursday.
Mbumba is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which runs from Wednesday to Friday.
At the meeting, Xi expressed appreciation for Mbumba's positive contribution to the success of this year's FOCAC summit, adding that the summit has demonstrated the strong determination of China and Africa to jointly push forward modernization.
China is willing to work with Namibia and other African countries to comprehensively implement the outcomes of the summit, promote common development and prosperity, and build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future, Xi said.
Xi stressed that the Communist Party of China and the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) are both progressive political parties that have been in power for a long time, and that SWAPO has written "building socialism with Namibian characteristics" into its party constitution.
China is willing to work with Namibia to strengthen friendly cooperation between the two countries and the two parties, enhance experience sharing on party and state governance, share development opportunities and jointly advance their respective modernization processes, Xi said, adding that the two sides should strengthen the synergy of their development strategies and create new highlights in cooperation in agriculture, clean energy, infrastructure, energy and mineral resources, science and technology.
China encourages Chinese enterprises to invest and set up business in Namibia and hopes that Namibia will continue to provide them with relevant convenience and support, Xi said.
China supports Namibia's role as a co-facilitator of the United Nations' Summit of the Future, and stands ready to strengthen multilateral strategic cooperation with Namibia, further consolidate and strengthen the forces of the Global South, and contribute to building a community with a shared future for mankind. Mbumba said he was honored to be invited to China to participate in the FOCAC summit, adding that he received a warm and friendly reception rich in Chinese characteristics and traditions.
The declaration on jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era and the action plan of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation for the next three years, which were adopted at the summit earlier Thursday, are conducive to consolidating the brotherly Africa-China friendship and promoting Africa-China cooperation in various fields, Mbumba said, adding that the series of new measures announced by Xi for Africa and China to jointly promote modernization will lead both sides to create a bright future of common development and prosperity, and promote the building of an Africa-China community with a shared future.
Namibia will earnestly and fully implement the outcomes of the summit, maintain close exchanges with China to strengthen cooperation in agriculture, mineral resources, infrastructure, clean energy, aerospace and other fields, said the president.
The Namibian side firmly adheres to the one-China policy, firmly supports China in safeguarding its territorial integrity, supports China's adherence to its successful path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and supports the series of global initiatives put forward by President Xi, which will help the world achieve peace and modernization, Mbumba said.
On the sidelines of the FOCAC summit, China and Namibia signed a number of bilateral cooperation documents in areas such as development cooperation and the export of Namibia mutton and chevon to China.