Casablanca (ADV) – Experts from China and African countries shared their insights on all-round cooperation for mutual benefit and common development at a two-day forum that concluded Tuesday.
The annual forum of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), with a theme featuring “China and Africa Jointly Building a Community of Shared Future,” focused on communication and cooperation between China and Africa in areas ranging from economy, security, state governance, to the development and future of China-Africa relations.
While addressing the closing session, CICIR President Ji Zhiye said that the proposals raised by the experts will be presented at the upcoming summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in September.
The summit is bound to bear rich fruits for people’s livelihoods as providing people with sufficient food remains the top priority for many African countries, said Michael Sun, councilor and member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Home to more developing countries than any other continent, Africa has great development potential at a time when the world is undergoing profound changes, said Sun.
As the world is in the midst of various risks and trade protectionism is mounting, James Shikwati, director of the Inter Region Economic Network in Kenya, called on China and Africa to further strengthen all-round pragmatic cooperation and ensure smooth implementation of cooperation agreements.
It is of strategic significance to build a community with a shared future enabling China and Africa to carry out cooperation in more fields such as big data and machine intelligence, said Shikwati.
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