China-Africa cooperation has achieved fruitful results. The "hand of embrace" is getting tighter and tighter

2023-01-16

In the southern suburb of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where there were many weeds two years ago, now a modern building has sprung up, which is particularly dazzling under the blue sky and white clouds... The completion ceremony of the first phase of the headquarters project of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which was funded by China, was held a few days ago. This project is the flagship project of cooperation with Africa announced at the Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation in 2018, which is of great significance for improving the speed of disease prevention, monitoring and emergency response in Africa. From the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, which has a history of about half a century, to today's disease control building, China-Africa cooperation continues to deepen, expand, improve and upgrade. The cooperation between the two sides in infrastructure construction, health care, poverty reduction and agriculture benefits has achieved fruitful results, adding a fresh footnote to the construction of a community of shared future for China and Africa, and the "holding hand" of the Chinese and African people is increasingly tight. "Building a China-Africa health community is not a slogan" "Every time I hear the praise of 'China's speed' and 'China's quality', I am particularly moved!" In the months before the completion of the disease control building, Gao Jiajia, the leader of the construction technology team of the project, will receive many visiting health experts, government officials and representatives of international organizations every week. The predecessor of China Civil Engineering Group Co., Ltd., the construction party of the project, is the Foreign Aid Office of the Ministry of Railways, which helped build the Tanzania-Zambia Railway. "We have kept in mind the 'Tanzania-Zambia railway spirit' of mutual respect, tenacious struggle and selfless dedication since the first day of employment." Gao Jiajia, who has been assisting Africa for nearly 15 years, said, "Chinese people who have struggled in Africa know what epidemic diseases mean for African countries with relatively poor public health conditions." Africa is the most concentrated continent in developing countries and a weak link in the global public health system. Malaria, cholera, yellow fever and other infectious diseases have plagued this continent all the year round, seriously threatening the lives and health of local people. In recent years, the COVID-19 epidemic has been rampant, which highlights the urgency of accelerating the improvement of the disease control system in Africa. "From promising to benefit African countries first after the completion of the research and development of COVID-19 vaccine and its use, to announcing the early commencement and successful completion of the headquarters project of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment. Now, I believe that 'building a China Africa health community' is not a slogan," said Charles Onunayizhu, an expert in international relations in Nigeria and director of the Nigeria China Research Center. The headquarters project of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a microcosm of China-Africa medical and health cooperation for decades. In 1963, China sent the first medical team to Algeria. Since then, the Chinese medical team for aid to Africa has spread like a pearl on the vast land of Africa; When West African countries fought Ebola in 2014, China sent thousands of clinical and public health experts to the front line of the epidemic; During the COVID-19 epidemic, China and Africa worked together in medical aid, anti epidemic experience sharing and international multilateral cooperation. "We look forward to taking the headquarters project of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention as a new starting point, and the China-Africa medical and health cooperation will move forward to more areas," said Zhang Zhilian, the leader of the 23rd medical team of China's aid to Ethiopia. "The poverty reduction experience of China's agricultural development is worth learning." The Uganda Aquatic Research and Development Center is the Sino-Uzbekistan Friendship Agricultural Technology Demonstration Center, and also the aquaculture demonstration base of the China-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization - Uganda (Phase III) South-South Cooperation Project,

Edit:He Chuanning    Responsible editor:Su Suiyue

Source:xinhua

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