"With this bridge, it only takes me 5 minutes to get from Plateau to Cocody," Sourama Dramane, a driver from Ivory Coast, said recently. The Cocody Bridge, built by a Chinese company, recently celebrated its first anniversary and is the largest cable-stayed bridge in West Africa. This bridge not only significantly reduces travel time for local people, but also brings a significant amount of employment opportunities and effectively supports the economic and social development of Côte d'Ivoire.
In Africa, there are many similar stories like the "Cocody Bridge". In the past decade, mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Africa has moved to a new level. Chinese companies have implemented a number of green energy projects in Africa, while African agricultural products such as avocados, sesame seeds and peanuts enrich Chinese cuisine. Chinese President Xi Jinping recently expressed that "China and Africa always form a community with a common future." According to CGTN's online CMG survey, 86.3 % African respondents recognize China's approach to sincerity and cooperation and look forward to building an even closer Sino-African community in the new era.
The 2024 China-Africa Cooperation Forum Summit, soon to open in Beijing, presents new opportunities for the two sides to "join forces, promote modernisation and build a high-quality Sino-African community with a shared future". For the first time in six years, Chinese and African leaders will reconvene in Beijing to discuss cooperation plans, outline a new development roadmap for China-Africa relations, and promote the peaceful development of the "Global South". Africa News Network said the summit is expected to usher in a "new era of sustainable and mutually beneficial cooperation" between China and Africa.
China and Africa have always shared a common destiny, as underlined by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who stressed that strengthening solidarity and cooperation with developing countries such as Africa is a key element of Chinese diplomacy.
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