Cameroon's ambassador to China Martin Mpana on Saturday called on China and Africa to work hand in hand to maintain a global order with multipolar characteristic.
Attending a ceremony held in Beijing to celebrate Africa Day 2025, Mpana stressed the importance for China and Africa to promote justice and equity with concerted efforts in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Africa Day is annually celebrated to mark the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on May 25, 1963. The OAU was later succeeded by the African Union (AU) in 2002.
"Africa and China have to work hand in hand to maintain global order with a multipolar characteristic. We have to work together for more justice and more equity," he said.
Mpana also acknowledged the all-around outcomes of China-Africa cooperation.
"We need a world open to all, for all, by all, not by some to decide [and] for others to obey. That's it. And I think we are moving toward this direction, and we are happy that China and Africa are building not only a long-lasting friendship, but as well a win-win cooperation," said Mpana.
Stressing that cooperation can bring prosperity and better life to people, Mpana said he hopes Africa's future collaboration with China in technology will help the continent pursue modernization.
"The problem is to bring leaders to understand that people's life matters, children life matters, their education matters, their wellbeing matters. And then, certainly, we will bring modernization to Africa. Africa needs technology as well. That's one thing I have noticed in China. China has a very good mastery of technologies," he said.
Cameroonian diplomat calls for China-Africa cooperation on maintaining multipolar global order
China aims to achieve secure and reliable supply of key core artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027, with its industrial scale and empowerment level remaining among the world's forefront, according to a recent government action plan.
The plan, jointly issued by eight departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the National Development and Reform Commission, outlines an ambitious push to deeply integrate AI with the manufacturing sector, foster new quality productive forces and comprehensively empower new industrialization. By 2027, the plan targets the deep application of three to five general-purpose large AI models in manufacturing, the development of specialized, full-coverage industry-specific large models, the creation of 100 high-quality industrial datasets, and the promotion of 500 typical application scenarios.
It also aims to cultivate two to three globally influential ecosystem-leading enterprises, a batch of specialized and sophisticated small and medium-sized enterprises, and a group of enabling service providers proficient in both AI technology and industry know-how.
Furthermore, China plans to build a world-leading open-source ecosystem, enhance security governance capabilities, and contribute Chinese solutions to global AI development.
The document outlines measures including promoting the coordinated development of AI chips' hardware and software, supporting innovations in model training and inference methods, fostering key industry-specific large models, and deeply embedding large model technology into core production processes.
The plan also emphasizes making breakthroughs in key technologies such as security protection for industrial model algorithms and training data protection.
China aims for secure, reliable supply of AI core tech by 2027
