Chinese premier meets Gabonese president

Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who is on a state visit to China, in Beijing on Friday.

Li said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Gabon, bilateral relations have continuously reached new heights, mutually beneficial cooperation has achieved new results, and traditional friendship has remained strong over time.

He said China is willing to work with Gabon to further consolidate political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation, continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Gabon comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and bring more benefits to the people of the two countries.

China stands ready to deepen cooperation with Gabon in traditional fields such as mining, infrastructure, agriculture, forestry and fishery, actively carry out cooperation in emerging fields, including the digital economy and artificial intelligence, and create further growth drivers to better promote common development, Li said. China is willing to import more quality products from Gabon and support more Chinese enterprises in investing and starting businesses in Gabon, Li added.

Li also called for strengthened bilateral cooperation in areas such as youth, culture, tourism, health care, and localities, noting that China firmly supports Africa's unity and self-strengthening, and is willing to enhance multilateral coordination and cooperation with Gabon and other African countries.

Nguema noted that Gabon firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and supports the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity and the four global initiatives proposed by China.

Nguema said China is Gabon's sincere and reliable development partner, adding that Gabon highly appreciates China's "zero-tariff" policy.

He said his country is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in areas such as mining, transportation, energy, fishery, forestry and artificial intelligence, expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges such as youth training, strengthen multilateral collaboration, and promote better development of Africa-China relations.

Chinese premier meets Gabonese president

China's hydrogen energy industry has grown rapidly this year, with investment in the sector doubling in the first three quarters, according to the National Energy Administration on Thursday.

Data showed that in the first three quarters, total investment in China's hydrogen energy industry reached 28.7 billion yuan (about 4.29 billion U.S. dollars), up 108 percent year on year, a doubling.

In the same period, more than 10 new renewable hydrogen production projects broke ground, adding 100,000 tons of newly commissioned capacity.

To date, China's completed and operational renewable hydrogen production projects have a cumulative annual capacity of more than 350,000 tons, accounting for over 50 percent of global capacity, while projects under construction have an annual capacity of more than 1.2 million tons, both at a globally leading level.

By region, North China has the highest completed capacity which stands at 45 percent of the national total, followed by Northeast China at 36 percent and Northwest China at 15 percent. Among China's renewable hydrogen production projects, the scale of individual projects is rising rapidly, with projects of 10,000 tons or more accounting for nearly half.

China's hydrogen energy investment doubles in first three quarters