CGTN: China, Tanzania upgrade ties to comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership
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BEIJING, Nov. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
China and Tanzania have enjoyed a long-lasting friendship and comprehensive
cooperation, and the development of the relations is being promoted at a higher
level with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's arrival in Beijing for a
three-day visit.
The two countries on Thursday announced the elevation of bilateral relations to
a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership during Chinese President Xi
Jinping's meeting with Hassan, the first African head of state China received
after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
A 'true and reliable' China-Tanzania friendship
Noting that the two countries should take the comprehensive strategic
cooperative partnership as a guide to advance cooperation in various fields in
the next stage, Xi said China will continue to import more Tanzanian products,
support Chinese companies in investing and doing business in Tanzania and
provide assistance for Tanzania's economic and social development.
He said China has always viewed its relations with Tanzania from a strategic
perspective and has always been a reliable friend.
The bilateral trade between China and Tanzania has developed rapidly. The trade
volume reached $6.74 billion, up 47.1 percent year on year. Among them,
Tanzania's exports to China amounted to $606 million, up 47.3 percent year on
year, and the growth rate was faster than the average level in Africa,
according to Chinese statistics.
Hassan said Tanzania regards China as a "true and most important friend" and is
willing to be a trusted partner of China forever.
She said Tanzania will continue to firmly support China on issues concerning
China's core interests, such as the issues related to Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong
Kong.
The two leaders witnessed the signing of bilateral cooperation documents on
trade, investment, development cooperation, digital economy and green
development.
The two sides also issued a joint statement on establishing a comprehensive
strategic cooperative partnership, covering issues such as leveraging the
guiding political role of head-of-state diplomacy, elevating two-way trade, and
strengthening coordination and cooperation in international affairs, among
others.
Building a China-Africa community with a shared future
In 2013, during his visit to Tanzania, Xi put forth the guiding principles of
China's policy toward Africa, namely sincerity, real results, affinity and good
faith, which have since become China's basic policy on pursuing solidarity and
cooperation with other developing countries.
Xi told Hassan that under the new circumstances, the sound development of
China-Tanzania relations not only serves the common and long-term interests of
the two countries but also is of great significance to building a China-Africa
community with a shared future in the new era.
China is ready to create new opportunities for Africa with its new development,
take infrastructure as the guide, strengthen cooperation in trade, investment
and financing, and foster new drivers of China-Africa cooperation, he said.
Hassan said her country will join China in taking the establishment of a
comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership as an opportunity to strengthen
practical cooperation in various fields and build bilateral relations into a
model of Africa-China relations in the new era.
Highlighting the role of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in
promoting the development of African countries, she said Tanzania will continue
to actively participate in and support the development of FOCAC.
FOCAC is an effective platform and multilateral mechanism for China and African
countries to conduct collective consultations and carry out pragmatic
cooperation.
Since the establishment of FOCAC, Chinese enterprises have built more than
10,000 kilometers of railways, nearly 100,000 kilometers of roads, nearly 1,000
bridges, nearly 100 ports and a large number of hospitals and schools in
Africa, said Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian during a conference
on China-Africa cooperation through FOCAC in Tanzania's Dar es Salaam in
October.
In 2021, China-Africa trade volume was $254.2 billion, and China's stock of
direct investment in Africa exceeded $56 billion, 25 times and 100 times that
of 2000, when the forum was established, respectively, according to the Chinese
envoy.
SOURCE: CGTN
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