China and African nations marked the Africa Day together on Monday to celebrate their friendship, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday met with African diplomatic envoys in China and celebrated the Africa Day together in Beijing. Ambassadors or charge d'affaires of more than 50 African countries to China and representatives of the African Union in China attended the meeting.
"Yesterday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a collective meeting with diplomatic envoys from over 50 African countries to China and representatives of the African Union in China. He emphasized that China will unwaveringly prioritize strengthening solidarity and cooperation with African countries as a key direction of its foreign policy, continue to support each other on issues concerning their respective core interests and major concerns, deliver more tangible benefits to the African people, and act as the most sincere friend and the most reliable partner of African countries," said Mao.
"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). China-Africa relations have achieved leapfrog development and entered the best period in history. At the FOCAC Beijing Summit in September last year, President Xi Jinping put forward six major proposals and 10 partnership actions for jointly advancing modernization, mapping out a new blueprint for and injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation. In about half a month, the ministerial meeting of coordinators for the implementation of the forum outcomes will be held in Changsha City, Hunan Province. We will take this meeting as an opportunity to further step up our efforts in and strengthen our commitment to implementing the consensus reached by the leaders from both sides, so as to accelerate the advancement of the shared modernization between China and Africa," said the spokeswoman.
China, African nations mark Africa Day together to celebrate traditional friendship: FM spokeswoman
China, African nations mark Africa Day together to celebrate traditional friendship: FM spokeswoman
China, African nations mark Africa Day together to celebrate traditional friendship: FM spokeswoman
China's development has never been a "threat" to anyone but the source of growth advancing common development of all countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Friday.
Some Western media and think tanks are peddling so-called "China Shock 2.0," saying that "China is achieving fast development in high-tech sectors such as renewable energy and AI and relies on foreign markets to absorb its overcapacity, thus reducing the market share of developed countries and sending more serious shock waves to the global economy compared with the era of traditional manufacture industry," while there are foreign commentators saying that the "China Shock 2.0" argument ignores the genuine innovation occurring within the Chinese industrial ecosystem and that Chinese export is the exact booster of the global economy that is needed in the turbulent period and more indispensable than ever.
Commenting on that, Lin said: "From the world's factory to the world's market and innovation powerhouse, China's development is achieved through strong performance driven by innovation and brings tangible cooperation opportunities and space to the world. High-quality Chinese products represented by the 'old three' of textiles, furniture and home appliances have stabilized the global industrial and supply chain, lowered the living cost of global consumers and eased the inflationary pressure worldwide. China's green production capacity represented by the 'new three' of electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels has bridged the gap between supply and demand in global green development and bolstered the global energy transition and low-carbon development. Moreover, China's high-tech products represented by the 'new new three' of robots, AI and innovative drugs have broken high-tech barriers and monopoly and enabled people in more countries to access affordable new technologies," said the spokesman.
"Openness and cooperation bring about progress and win-win result. China's development has never been a 'threat' to anyone but the source of growth advancing common development of all countries. What really creates 'shocks' to the world has never been the innovation of Chinese companies and efficiency of Chinese industrial capacity, but protectionist moves of setting up barriers, decoupling and severing industrial and supply chains. China will stay committed to high-standard opening up, defend the multilateral trading system and provide more certainty and new impetus to the world economy with its own steady development," said Lin.
China's development never a threat: FM spokesman
