China has pledged to promoting Africa’s regional economic integration by strengthening and integrating intra-Africa trade, promoting investment, facilitating the development of value chains.
This is according to a joint statement released on Thursday after the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue.
The African side commends China for introducing the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the Global Civilisation Initiative, in support of strengthening multilateralism and trusts that China and Africa’s growth will bring more opportunities for peace and development in the world, said the statement.
Both sides will continue to synergise China-Africa high quality Belt and Road cooperation with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the national economic strategies of African countries, to elevate China-Africa cooperation to higher levels.
