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AU Commission President Meets Chinese Special Envoy
ADDIS ABABA, January 29 XinhuaInterview: China-Africa Cooperation Forum Beijing Summit, the implementation of the initiatives are not compromising - Interview with Special Envoy Zhai Jun

; Xinhua News Agency reporters Xiong Sihao and Fei Liena Tai-ping back

Chinese Government's special envoy and Assistant Foreign Minister ZhaiJun 29, at the 12th Session of the African Union (AU) summit meeting on the eve of an interview with Xinhua, said that despite the current international financial crisis continues to deepen, spread, China itself is also facing great difficulties, but the Chinese side to implement China-AfricaCooperation Forum Beijing Summit of the initiatives will not be compromised.

Zhai also said that the Chinese side to strengthen China-Africa pragmatic cooperation and push forward China-Africa new strategic partnership between the determinationwill not change.Believe that China and African countries support each other and make joint efforts, Sino-African co-operation will certainly be able to overcome the financial crisis and maintain sustained and healthy development momentum.

He said that practical cooperation on non-8 policy measures China-Africa Cooperation Forum Beijing Summit of the core results of the1.More than two years, in between the two sides attach great importance to and close cooperation with the policies and measures 8 proceeded smoothly and achieve important results: The Chinese side has increased its aid to African nations, have diplomatic relations with China in Africa, the least developed countries losezero-tariff measures have been completed; exemptions that have diplomatic relations with China in Africa, the heavily indebted poor countries and least developed part of the debt due the work of the basic implementation; China-Africa Development Fund for a smooth start operation; China aided the AU Conference Centerformally began early in December last year; in the Trade and economic cooperation zones in Africa, the work of nation-building steadily.

end of last year, China has for the African countries, trained more than 11000 types of personnel, dispatch125 youth volunteers to visit non-work, the selected 100 high-level agricultural technology assistance to non-experts are sent one after another, which helped build hospitals, malaria prevention and treatment centers, agricultural technology demonstration centers and rural schools is progressing smoothly.

Zhai Jun said that last October, in Cairo, Egypt, China-Africa Cooperation Forum was held the 6 th Senior Officials Meetingof the Beijing Summit follow-up to mid-term assessment of the situation, the two sides have expressed satisfaction with the progress made.China will work with African countries to continue to strengthen communication and coordination, to work together closely and successfully accomplish the full implementation of the outcome of the Beijing Summit of the task.

He said that the current Sino-African relations are at a comprehensive and rapid development of the new era.First of all, non-political exchanges closer.Last year, Wu Bangguo, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and other Chinese leaders visited Africa, more than 20 African heads of state and government leaders visit China, or China to watch the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games.Second, the economic and trade cooperation yielded remarkable results.China-Africa trade volume reached 106.8 billion U.S. dollars last year, two years ahead to achieve the goal of 100 billion U.S. dollars.Third, China and Africa on major issues of respective concern to mutual understanding and support.African countries on Taiwan, Tibet, human rights, the Beijing Olympic Games and so on to give valuable support to China.Wenchuan big earthquake occurs, the African countries in the first time to express sympathy and condolences to the Chinese, regardless of their own difficulties in some countries provided China with generous contributions, an expression of African people towards the Chinese people's friendship.

Outlook 2009, Zhai Jun, China-Africa relations in turn usher in that fruitful year.He said that the New Year, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, South Africa, four countries in Africa.During the year, China will continue to promote high-level visits between China and Africa.Later this year, China-Africa Cooperation Forum, the 4th Ministerial Conference will be held in Egypt on.

When talking about China-Africa cooperation in the infrastructure issue, Zhai said, infrastructure construction isAfrican countries are very concerned about and need to develop the field, is also China's long-term non-priority areas of cooperation, China's nation-building in Africa, many of the projects has become a milestone in the history of traditional friendship between China and Africa.More than 50 years, China aided infrastructure projects in Africa 519, including the completion of over 2,000 kilometers railway, more than 3,000 kilometers of roads and dozens of stadiums (Hall).Some key projects, such as Tanzania-Zambia Railway, International Conference Center in Egypt, Mauritania, friendship and Hong Kong and so on, play an important role in the recipient country.The construction of these projects to promote local economic development, by the recipient country wide acclaim.

In addition to reconstruction projects, the Chinese company contracted projects through active participation in infrastructure development in Africa.The Chinese government's support, a large number of Chinese enterprises in Africa, actively involved in housing, transport, communications and many other areas of cooperation in improving local people's livelihood has played an important role.

Zhai believe that the current African Union Summit, the theme of" infrastructure development in Africa" , which fullyan expression of African countries to strengthen infrastructure construction so desperately desire and attention.In the future, China will further increase the strength of African infrastructure reconstruction, as always, to encourage and support enterprises and non-parties to explore various forms of cooperation, mutual promotion and common development, based on further strengthening Sino-African in the field of infrastructureco-operation.


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