Hong Kong media: Afghan officials "listen to the needs of Chinese businessmen"

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" August 28 article, original title: Although Beijing has a cautious attitude towards Taliban, when Chinese companies still make progress a year ago, when Taliban re -controlled Kabul after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, Yu Minghui (sound) It is one of the few Chinese businessmen who decide to stay. Since then, he has to accept changes implemented by the country's new ruler, deal with Taliban officials, and re -negotiate for many years of projects.

But Yu's decision seemed to be rewarded. The four steel processing lines installed by his factory last year are running. From time to time, local security officials visited the 10 -story building "Chinatown" he operated and "listened to the needs of Chinese businessmen." "Taliban is not just verbally supported. They do support our work," said Yu, who has been in the Arab Economic and Trade Promotion Commission in the Arab Economic and Trade Promotion Commission since 2001, said, "There are many foreign investors here."

This trust was proven in late April. After several months of negotiations, the Taliban government approved a joint project to develop an industrial park in the Kabul suburbs. This is the first China -Arab infrastructure project since the Taliban re -control, and it is expected to settle in 150 factories. Yu Minghui said that he bet on Afghanistan in the future. This country has always been plagued by war.

Taliban hopes that Chinese people's investment can transform A Feng's abutable natural resources into income. Official data show that Ah's iron ore, copper, and rare earth mineral reserves exceed 2.2 billion tons, 30 million tons, and 1.4 million tons, respectively. "At the same time, China's lessons about the United States and the Soviet Union are being alert to evaluate possible risks very carefully," said Zhu Yongbiao, director of the Afghan Research Center of Lanzhou University.

Nevertheless, China's economic influence in Africa is gradually expanding and has become the third largest trading partner after Pakistan and Iran. Moreover, after the US chaos was withdrawn, China has provided Afghanistan with multiple rounds of humanitarianism and fiscal assistance. In November last year, China resumed imported pine nuts -the main source of income from Afghan farmers, and stated that it would give 98%of Afghanistan's transmission of zero tariff treatment. (Author laura zhou, translated by Ding Yan)

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