[Those things in China] African scholars actively evaluate China -Africa cooperation: pragmatic cooperation helps Africa development

China Daily, September 9th (Reporter Ndumiso Mlilo) In recent years, the pragmatic cooperation under the China -Africa cooperation forum mechanism has been fruitful. A number of African scholars said that China -Africa cooperation has greatly improved the infrastructure construction of African countries, green environmental protection in engineering projects, and cooperation results to benefit Africa.

On August 31, local time in South Africa, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa and the South African International Institute (SAIIA) jointly organized a seminar on "China -Africa Infrastructure Cooperation to the Future". At the seminar, many participating experts and scholars conducted in -depth exchanges around China -Africa cooperation in the fields of power, ports, railways, and communications.

Oscar Onthei, a lecturer at the Department of Political and Public Administration of Nairobi University, said that Chinese -funded enterprises combined ecological protection and infrastructure development well. For example, China Road and Bridge Group pays great attention to environmental protection issues when building the Mongolian Railway. The Mongolian Railway connects the largest port of East Africa Monbara and Kenya's capital Nairobi, which greatly shortens the travel time between the two places and reduce the cost of logistics and transportation.

"According to the living habits of large animals during the construction of a Chinese company, multiple animal channels are set up across the Mongolian railway line to increase the height of the bridge to facilitate animal passage. Before the project is implemented Established procedures. "

Moromani Petra, a lecturer at the University of Tanpere, said that the Tanzania National Optical Fiber Network is built by Chinese -funded enterprises. The project provides technical skills training for Tanzania employees. Some employees are also sent to China for further training.

"The project created more than 9,000 employment opportunities for the local area and brought knowledge and technology. Now, the local broadband coverage rate has continued to increase, which has greatly promoted electronic education connecting 28 higher education and research institutions. ","

Petola emphasized that the information infrastructure built by Chinese enterprises will help reduce digital gaps and benefit the African continent from the global digital economy. "This project has enabled many people to get educational opportunities, including small business employees who contribute to local economic growth."

Former South African diplomats and senior researchers at the African Institute of Zhejiang Normal University, Grobel welcomed China -Africa cooperation.

He said that in order to achieve development potential, it is necessary to establish friendship with other global partners such as China.

"China -Africa cooperation is continuously developed under the mechanism of bilateral and China -Africa cooperation forums, with unparalleled achievements. African countries leaders praise China to conduct various cooperation on the basis of negotiation and coordination."

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