PRIME MINISTER (PM), Kassim Majaliwa is
expected to meet and hold talks with several company heads during his
visit to China, where he will be attending a two-day summit on
China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) aimed at building a stronger community
with a shared future between the continent and the country.
The summit is scheduled for next Monday
and Tuesday in Beijing whereby African leaders will team up with Chinese
leaders and opened by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s
Office yesterday pointed out that the Premier left in the country
yesterday to China to represent President John Magufuli at the meeting.
“While in China, the Premier is also
expected to meet and hold talks with heads of different companies,
including the Presidents of China Civil Engineering Construction
Corporation Ltd (CCECC), NORINCO, Zijin Gold Mine Company and Chairman
of HEGNYA cement company,” noted the statement.
The summit is expected to combine China
and Africa’s joint development of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the UN
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 of the African
Union.
The BRI aims at addressing expanding
infrastructure needs across Asia, Africa and Europe to enhance regional
integration and promote economic development, while both AU and UN
agendas seek to accelerate the implementation of past and existing
continental and global initiatives for growth and sustainable
development.
Addressing a press conference in China
recently ahead of the meeting that will be held between September 3 and
4, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said the two sides would
also align the summit’s theme with development strategies of individual
African countries.
Tanzania together with other 52 African countries with diplomatic ties with China are expected to play a major role in all
deliberations in areas such as
infrastructure, agriculture, health, poverty alleviation, trade and
investment, cultural exchanges, peace and Security.
Themed China and Africa: Toward an Even
Stronger Community with a Shared Future through Win-Win Cooperation,
Minister Wang said the summit was expected to invigorate joint efforts
to build a community with a shared future for humanity.
As a key platform for the collective
dialogue and cooperation between China and African countries, the FOCAC
has become a model of South-South cooperation and a banner of
international cooperation with Africa since its establishment in 2000.
He noted that the forum would usher in a
new era for the Belt and Road Initiative and the documents signed during
the forum would be a blueprint for the next three years.
“Over the past 18 years, achievements have
been made in political, economic and people-to-people exchanges between
China and Africa, especially after the FOCAC Johannesburg Summit in
2015,” he stated.
Mr Wang added that “cooperation plans
announced during the previous FOCAC conferences and their effective
implementation have given a great boost to economic and social
development in Africa, winning recognition from both African people and
the international community.”
He noted that the key objectives of the
conference would revolve around equal consultation, enhancing,
understanding, expanding consensus, strengthening friendship and
promoting cooperation between African countries and China.
According to Mr Wang, Chinese President Xi
Jinping will also announce new development measures and pledges for
Africa for the next three years, which will chart a new direction and
focus for both sides, taking into consideration recent developments
across the globe.
At the last FOCAC summit held in
Johannesburg, South Africa in 2015, President Xi pledged $60bn in
assistance and loans for Africa.
“China and Africa have always been a
community with a shared future. As a key platform for the collective
dialogue and cooperation between China and African countries, the FOCAC
has become a model of South-South cooperation and a banner of
international cooperation with Africa,” Mr Wang asserted.
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