Greater Fields of Opportunity
Agricultural cooperation between China and africa mutually beneficial
Agriculture is a key area in China-africa cooperation and can benefit both sides. Since the first summit of the Forum on China-africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing in 2006, China and African countries have been promoting agricultural cooperation. Thanks to the efforts of Chinese and African leaders, greater achievements have been made in this cooperation over the past few years by implementing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s initiative to create a China-africa community with a shared future. This has elevated China-africa agricultural cooperation to a new historic level. We will take the opportunity of this year’s FOCAC Beijing Summit to deepen bilateral collaboration in all areas and improve development quality.
Mutual benefits
Over the past 12 years, China and African countries have made outstanding achievements in advancing agricultural cooperation on a mutually beneficial and win-win basis.
The Chinese Government has been working with administrations of African countries under the principles of sincerity, real results, affinity and good faith, and following the approach of upholding justice and pursuing shared interests. Both sides have implemented the outcomes related to agricultural cooperation made at successive FOCAC summits in a comprehensive manner and launched exchanges and cooperation in all areas, including policy, technology, personnel training, trade and investment. By accelerating Africa’s agricultural modernization, ensuring its food security and increasing agricultural product varieties on the market, such efforts are essential to expanding the space for agricultural development in China and Africa and realizing mutually beneficial cooperation with win-win results.
Chinese and African governments have strengthened policy consultation on agricultural cooperation, with a focus on exchanges concerning China’s experience and practices in agricultural and rural development and poverty reduction. In multilateral terms, China creates platforms for agricultural policy consultation with African countries by