The 2024 FOCAC Summit will be held in Beijing from September 4 to 6, and the high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" will be one of the main topics of this summit. On the 2nd, the press center of the 2024 Forum on China Africa Cooperation Summit held the first briefing. Heads of relevant departments introduced the latest achievements and development direction of China Africa cooperation in jointly building the "the Belt and Road". China Africa cooperation in jointly building the "the Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results. Xu Jianping, Director of the Regional Opening up Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that 52 African countries and the African Union had signed a memorandum of understanding with China on the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road". Over the past 11 years, Chinese enterprises have participated in the construction and renovation of more than 10000 kilometers of railways, nearly 100000 kilometers of highways, nearly a thousand bridges, nearly a hundred ports, 66000 kilometers of power transmission and transformation lines, and 150000 kilometers of backbone communication networks in various African countries. In terms of poverty reduction and benefiting the people, as of the end of June this year, China has provided aid funds to 53 African countries, implementing a number of livelihood projects such as food, water supply, women and children, education, etc. "Over the past 11 years, China Africa cooperation in jointly building the the Belt and Road has transformed from concept to action, from vision to reality, injected new impetus and vitality into the economic and social development of African countries, and provided important support for accelerating the construction of a community of shared future between China and Africa." Xu Jianping said. The Party's external work plays an important role in China Africa cooperation in building the "the Belt and Road". This is a photo taken by a journalist at a press conference. Li Xin, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, introduced Wang Heming, Director of the Fourth Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Foreign Relations Department, that in recent years, our party's "circle of friends" in Africa has grown steadily, and has carried out exchanges and cooperation with more than 120 political parties in more than 50 African countries, laying a political foundation for China and Africa to jointly build the "the Belt and Road". In addition, the Department of the Central Committee of the United States has actively established China Africa Folk Forum, China Africa Youth Leaders Forum and other folk forums, and carried out public welfare projects that are grounded in the spirit of the people, so as to lay a solid public opinion foundation for the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" between China and Africa. Wang Heming said that, in the next step, the Central Union Department will focus on building a diversified and mutually beneficial work pattern of political parties, people, enterprises, think tanks, media, etc., and promote the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" between China and Africa to a higher quality and level of development. International tax cooperation is an important aspect of China Africa joint construction of the "the Belt and Road". Meng Yuying, Director of the International Taxation Department of the State Administration of Taxation, introduced that the tax department continues to expand and improve the tax treaty network. As of now, China has signed tax treaties with 21 African countries, which basically cover African countries with significant stock of direct investment in Central Africa. In building a multilateral platform for tax cooperation along the "the Belt and Road", Meng Yuying said that 17 African countries and two African regional organizations have successively joined and deeply participated in the construction of the "the Belt and Road" tax collection and management cooperation mechanism, so as to effectively serve China Africa economic and trade exchanges with closer China Africa tax cooperation. In response to climate change, Li Yonghong, Deputy Director of the Foreign Cooperation and Exchange Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that as of now, China has signed 19 memorandums of understanding on South South cooperation to address climate change with 17 African countries. China is willing to further strengthen communication, coordination, and practical cooperation with African countries in the field of addressing climate change, jointly enhance their ability to cope with climate change, and inject more positive energy into building a fair, reasonable, and win-win global climate governance system. On September 2, the press center of the 2024 Forum on China Africa Cooperation Summit held its first briefing. Xu Jianping, Director of the Regional Opening up Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wang Heming, Director of the Fourth Bureau of the External Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Meng Yuying, Director of the Department of International Taxation of the State Administration of Taxation, and Li Yonghong, Deputy Director of the Foreign Cooperation and Exchange Center of the Ministry of Ecological Environment, introduced the cooperation between China and Africa in jointly building the "the Belt and Road" and answered questions from journalists. Li Xin, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency, looks forward to the future. China and Africa jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with great potential and broad prospects. Xu Jianping said that we will work with African countries and the African Union to further strengthen the foundation of cooperation, expand cooperation areas, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs in four "deepening" areas: first, deepening strategic docking. Deeply implement the negotiated and signed "the Belt and Road" cooperation plan, and strive to sign a new "the Belt and Road" cooperation plan with more African countries. The second is to deepen interconnectivity. Plan and promote a new batch of cooperation projects around the economic and social development needs of African countries, and build a high-level three-dimensional interconnected network; Further deepen the integration of rules and standards in trade, investment, green, digital, agriculture and other fields; Focusing on fields such as culture, tourism, education, sports, and traditional Chinese medicine, we will jointly deepen the construction of "small yet beautiful" livelihood projects. The third is to deepen cooperation in new fields. We will continue to strengthen the construction of digital infrastructure, deepen cooperation in digital economy, artificial intelligence and other fields, jointly implement green development actions, deepen the implementation of the "the Belt and Road" scientific and technological innovation action plan, and continue to strengthen cooperation in health. The fourth is to deepen coordination, consultation, and collaboration. China will work with more African countries to accelerate the establishment and improvement of a coordination mechanism for the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" cooperation, and coordinate and solve various difficulties and problems in cooperation in a timely manner. (New Society)