Xinhuanet Beijing 165438+ 10/5 th The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation-Beijing Action Plan (2007-2009) was passed in Beijing on the afternoon of the 5 th, and both China and Africa indicated that they would strengthen cooperation in the economic field.
According to the action plan, in agriculture, the two sides are determined to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in planting, animal husbandry, irrigation, fishery, agricultural machinery, agricultural products processing, animal and plant health and food safety, disease prevention and control, and actively explore new forms and new ways to carry out agricultural cooperation. Send 100 senior agricultural technology experts to Africa and establish 10 characteristic agricultural technology demonstration centers in Africa; Encourage and support China enterprises to expand their investment in Africa and further participate in African agricultural infrastructure construction, agricultural machinery production and agricultural product processing industry; Strengthen cooperation with Africa in agricultural practical technology and agricultural human resources development; Strengthen cooperation with African countries within the framework of FAO's special plan for food security. In terms of investment and enterprise cooperation, the two sides promised to continue to encourage and support mutual investment, actively explore new areas and new ways to expand investment cooperation, and take practical measures to maintain its healthy development.
The two sides will promote the signing and implementation of bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements, avoid double taxation agreements, create a good investment cooperation environment, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors from both sides; We promise to provide necessary convenience for enterprises invested by both sides in licensing procedures, customs clearance of goods and entry and exit of personnel. The two sides expressed their commitment to strengthening cooperation among small and medium-sized enterprises, promoting industrial development in Africa and improving production and export capabilities.
According to the action plan, the government of China attaches great importance to promoting the expansion of investment in Africa, and decides to support the relevant banks in China to set up china-africa development fund with a total amount of 5 billion US dollars, and encourages and supports powerful and reputable China enterprises to invest in Africa and set up projects that are conducive to improving the technical level of African countries, increasing employment and promoting the sustainable development of local economy and society; China is willing to support powerful China enterprises to establish 3-5 overseas economic and trade cooperation zones in qualified African countries in the next three years. In terms of trade, the two sides indicated that they will continue to work to create favorable conditions for the development of China-Africa trade and promote the balanced development of China-Africa trade. China promises to further open its market to African countries, expand the number of goods benefiting from zero-tariff treatment for African least developed countries that have diplomatic relations with China from 190 to more than 440, negotiate with relevant countries as soon as possible, and sign and implement the agreement as soon as possible.
The two sides will strengthen cooperation in the fields of customs, taxation, inspection and quarantine to promote the healthy and orderly development of China-Africa trade; In line with the principle of mutual understanding and mutual accommodation, properly resolve trade differences and frictions through bilateral and multilateral friendly consultations; Gradually improve the mechanism of "China-Africa Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry" and give full play to its communication, coordination and promotion role. In the financial field, the two sides decided to continue to promote relevant cooperation, support commercial banks of both sides to carry out business exchanges, and enrich the connotation of China-Africa economic cooperation; China encourages China financial institutions to set up more branches in Africa, and Africa is willing to provide necessary assistance.
The two sides agreed to continue to take infrastructure construction, especially transportation, communication, water conservancy, electricity and other facilities construction as the key areas of cooperation between the two sides. The Government of China will continue to encourage and support China enterprises to participate in infrastructure construction in Africa, focusing on strengthening cooperation with Africa in technology and management to help African countries improve their independent development capabilities; Africa promises to continue to open wider to the outside world, welcomes China enterprises to participate in infrastructure construction in Africa, and provides necessary assistance and convenience for this purpose.
Based on the principle of mutual benefit and common development, the two sides are determined to adopt various ways of cooperation to encourage and support enterprises of both sides to jointly develop and rationally utilize energy and resources of both sides.
China attaches great importance to helping African countries turn their energy and resource advantages into development advantages in cooperation, protecting the local ecological environment and promoting the sustainable development of local economy and society. The two sides stated that they will promote cooperation in the application of science and technology, technology development and the transfer of achievements in line with the principles of mutual respect, complementary advantages and mutual benefit. China will continue to hold practical technical training courses for Africa and carry out technical assistance demonstration projects to promote the popularization and application of China's scientific and technological achievements and advanced applicable technologies in Africa.
The two sides will strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in areas of common interest such as agricultural biotechnology, solar energy utilization technology, geological exploration, mining technology and new drug research and development; Strengthen cooperation in information infrastructure construction, information technology application, universal telecommunications service, network and information security, and telecommunications human resources development.
The two sides expressed their encouragement to aviation and maritime enterprises of both sides to establish more direct routes connecting China and Africa; Further strengthen cooperation in certification and accreditation, standards, metrology, consumer goods safety, industrial product quality inspection, entry-exit animal and plant quarantine, health quarantine, special equipment safety supervision and other fields. The action plan said that the two sides believe that the current international situation is undergoing complex and profound changes, and strengthening consultation and cooperation in international affairs is conducive to safeguarding the common interests of both sides and developing countries.
In the action plan, China and Africa reaffirmed their respect for the Charter of the United Nations, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, the principles of the Charter of the African Union and other universally recognized norms governing international relations. Jointly safeguard the important role of the United Nations in international affairs and promote multilateralism and democratization of international relations; Support the improvement of the authority and efficiency of the United Nations through reform, and advocate that the reform should adhere to democratic consultation, which is conducive to maintaining the unity of Member States and fully taking care of the concerns of developing countries; Security Council reform should give priority to increasing the representation of developing countries, especially African countries, and reach a consensus through full and in-depth discussions.
The two sides welcomed the establishment of the Human Rights Council by the United Nations, and were determined to strengthen cooperation in the Council, jointly promote the Council's commitment to respect the historical, cultural and religious backgrounds of countries and regions, promote dialogue among civilizations, cultures and religions, attach equal importance to civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights, give priority to the right to development, properly handle human rights issues, and eliminate double standards and politicization.
China and Africa are committed to strengthening coordination and cooperation, promoting the early resumption of the Doha Round negotiations, and reaching a balanced and weighty package of results that can effectively promote world economic development. Promote relevant negotiations, fully consider the development level and affordability of developing members, and implement special and differential treatment for developing members, so that they can fully participate in and benefit from the multilateral trading system. China supports the efforts of African countries that have not yet joined the World Trade Organization to do so. In the action plan, China and Africa called for strengthening international cooperation, promoting nuclear disarmament and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and supporting Africa's efforts to achieve the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free zone on a voluntary basis. China promises to continue to support and participate in the process of humanitarian demining in Africa and efforts to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, and to provide financial and material assistance and relevant training within its capacity.
The two sides also agreed to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of non-traditional security under the guidance of the new security concept with mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and cooperation as the core. China and Africa will also actively urge the international community to pay attention to and help resolve conflicts in Africa, and strive to safeguard Africa's fundamental interests in the UN Security Council. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Africa in preventing, controlling and resolving regional conflicts.
According to the action plan, the China government has decided to continue to provide development assistance to African countries within its capacity. By 2009, the scale of assistance to African countries will increase by 1 times on the basis of 2006; Provide African countries with $3 billion in preferential loans and $2 billion in preferential export buyer's credit in the next three years; The debts owed by heavily indebted poor countries and least developed countries in Africa that have diplomatic relations with China due to the interest-free loans provided by China at the end of 2005 will be cancelled. According to the different needs of African countries, the government of China will continue to help train all kinds of professional and management talents, improve the follow-up mechanism and improve the training effect, and promise to increase investment on the basis of the "African Human Resources Development Fund" in the next three years to provide 6,543,800+0.5 million trainings for African countries.
China and Africa are determined to actively implement bilateral intergovernmental exchange projects between China and Africa, and promote and support local and folk activities such as cultural and artistic performances and exhibitions; We are determined to encourage exchanges and cooperation between institutions of higher learning of both sides, take practical measures to improve the actual effect of cooperation in sending overseas students, and actively explore and sign academic certification agreements between China and African countries. The government of China has decided to assist more than 65,438,000 rural schools in African countries in the next three years. Before 2009, the number of scholarships provided by the China government to African countries will increase from the current 2,000 to 4,000 per year; Training a certain number of educational administrators, principals and backbone teachers in universities, primary and secondary schools and vocational education schools for African countries every year; According to the needs and requirements of African countries, set up Confucius Institutes in Africa to help African countries carry out Chinese teaching; Encourage relevant institutions in China to carry out African language teaching. The two sides are determined to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola, Chikungunya virus and avian influenza, health quarantine and public health emergency response mechanisms.
The government of China has decided to assist 30 hospitals in African countries in the next three years, and provide 300 million yuan of free aid to provide anti-malaria drugs to African countries and establish 30 anti-malaria centers; In the next three years, we will continue to send, send and increase medical teams according to our own capabilities and the needs of African countries, and actively explore new ways to send medical teams with African countries; We will continue to provide needed drugs and medical materials to African countries, help them establish and improve medical facilities and train medical personnel. China and Africa are determined to strengthen dialogue and exchanges in the fields of environmental protection and human resources development cooperation. In the next three years, China will increase the number of environmental managers and experts trained in African countries year by year. Promote multilateral environmental cooperation between the two sides and the United Nations Environment Programme. The two sides also agreed to promote cooperation in the fields of capacity building, water pollution and desertification control, biodiversity protection, environmental protection industry and environmental demonstration projects.
The Government of China has decided to increase nine countries, including Algeria, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Gabon, Rwanda, Mali, Mozambique, Benin and Nigeria, as "outbound tourist destinations for China citizens", bringing the number of African tourist destinations approved by China to 26. In the future, the China government will grant more qualified African countries the status of "China citizens' outbound tourist destinations" according to the requirements of Africa. China and Africa indicated that they would encourage the news media to play an active role in promoting mutual understanding and friendship. Support the news departments and news media of the two governments to carry out multi-level and multi-form exchanges and cooperation. Increase the exchange of visits between news organizations of both sides. The two sides will support and encourage the news media of both sides to strengthen their coverage of each other, and are willing to provide assistance and convenience for the media of both sides to send reporters to each other for permanent or short-term interviews.
The two sides also agreed to strengthen cooperation in the field of radio and television. China will focus on helping African countries to train radio and television talents. In addition, China and Africa are determined to strengthen cultural exchanges, and agree to develop and improve the China-Africa youth exchange network and the China-Africa youth collective dialogue mechanism in the next three years, continue to hold the China-Africa Youth Festival, and promote cooperation in the field of youth development between China and Africa.
China has decided to gradually expand its service plan for African youth volunteers in China, and is willing to expand sports exchanges and cooperation with African countries.