President Xi Jinping responded to a letter addressed to him by African scholars, encouraging them to continue to provide intellectual support for building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future and safeguarding the common interests of the Global South.
President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping . Picture: SuppliedIn early August, Gert Grobler, senior research fellow at the Institute of Africa n Studies at Zhejiang Normal University and a former senior diplomat in the South Africa n Department of International Relations and Cooperation, together with 63 scholars from 50 Africa n countries, sent a joint letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping .
In this letter, they extended their warmest congratulations on the successful convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and highly appreciated the historic achievements of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation . They hoped the new FOCAC summit would write a new chapter for building a China-Africa community with a shared future and modernising the Global South.
On 27 August, President Xi Jinping wrote a letter back to the scholars, encouraging them to continue to provide intellectual support for building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future and safeguarding the common interests of the Global South.Full text of President Xi Jinping’s letter:I hope this letter finds you all well.
Since China entered the new era, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people have worked with exceptional drive and vigour, and scored great historic achievements in the cause of the Party and the country. The Third Plenum of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held not long ago. It sounded the clarion call for further deepening reform and opening broader horizon for Chinese modernization.
China and Africa have always been a community with a shared future. In a turbulent and changing world, China and Africa need to strive for greater solidarity and cooperation than ever before. In the upcoming FOCAC Summit, Chinese and African leaders will meet again to chart the course for China-Africa cooperation and envision a brighter future for China-Africa relations.
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