2015年CRI Xi Announces 10 Major Programs in Coming Three Years in Africa

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping co-chairs the second summit of the Forum¹ on China-Africa Cooperation with South African President Jacob Zuma from Friday to Saturday in South Africa's Johannesburg.

He made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, announcing the 10 major plans.

"To promote construction of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership², China is willing to implement³ 10 major cooperation programs with Africa in the coming three years."

President Xi announced that to ensure smooth implementation⁴ of the cooperation plans, China will offer 60 billion U.S. dollars of funding support, including 5 billion dollars of free aid and interest-free loans, 35 billion dollars of preferential loans and export credit on more favorable terms, and a China-Africa production capacity cooperation fund with the initial capital of 10 billion dollars.

The programs will focus on helping⁵ African countries break the three development bottlenecks⁶ of backward infrastructure⁷, talent shortage and inadequate⁸ fund, accelerate industrialization and agricultural modernization⁹, and realize independent and sustainable development.

As regards the lack of skilled personnel, the president said China will establish a number of regional vocational education centers and several capacity-building colleges for Africa, train 200 thousand technicians for African countries, and invite 40 thousand of them to study in China.

In order to help Africa accelerate agricultural modernization, China will carry out agricultural development projects in 100 African villages to raise rural living standards, send 30 teams of agricultural experts to Africa, and establish a "10+10" cooperation mechanism¹⁰ between Chinese and African agricultural research institutes.

"China will share experiences of agricultural development with Africa, transfer practical agricultural techniques, and encourage Chinese enterprises to develop large-scale planting, livestock¹¹ breeding, food storage and processing to increase local employments and farmers' incomes."

The president added that to help the poor harvest caused by El Nino in many African countries, China will provide 1 billion yuan of food aid.

Meanwhile, President Xi has announced plans on poverty reduction and public welfare, public health, people-to-people exchanges, and peace and security.

He also proposed that the new type of China-Africa relations be upgraded to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

"The China-Africa relationship is under the best period in history currently and we should adopt a long-term perspective and stride forwards. Let's make efforts hand in hand, draw together the wisdom and strength of all the 2.4 billion Chinese and African people, and open a new era of the mutual¹² beneficial and common development of China and Africa."

Established in 2000 to promote China-Africa friendship and cooperation, FOCAC groups China, 50 African countries that have established diplomatic ties with China, and the Commission of the African Union. Its last summit took place in 2006 in Beijing.

For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

3 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

4 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 bottlenecks   

n.瓶颈( bottleneck的名词复数 )；瓶颈路段（常引起交通堵塞）；（尤指工商业发展的）瓶颈；阻碍

参考例句：

• Roadworks are causing bottlenecks in the city centre. 道路施工导致市中心交通阻塞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• At five o'clock in the afternoon the city streets are a series of bottlenecks. 下午五点市中心的街道就成了拥挤不堪的窄路。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

8 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

9 modernization   

n.现代化，现代化的事物

参考例句：

• This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
• The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。

10 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

11 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

12 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。