Xi Jinping put forward four propositions on promoting China-Africa mining cooperation

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 13 (Reporter Cao Jiayue) On the afternoon of October 13, when President Xi Jinping met with President Boko of Botswana, who was in China for a state visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he put forward four propositions on promoting China-Africa mining cooperation:

First, we insist on the premise of cooperation that African resources belong to Africa. Africa is locked at the bottom of the industrial and value chain due to unreasonable international division of labor. This is a historical injustice that urgently needs to be changed. China empathizes with Africa's reasonable demands and is willing to share its own experience to help African countries formulate mining development plans that suit their national conditions.

The second is to adhere to the cooperation concept of mutual benefit and mutual benefit. Both China and Africa must adhere to the correct view of justice and interests in mining cooperation. China will continue to encourage Chinese enterprises to improve their operational capabilities, transfer green technologies that are in line with Africa's actual conditions, strengthen public welfare assistance, promote local employment and talent training, and promote South-South cooperation in mining development.

The third is to adhere to the direction of cooperation for high-quality development. China has always been a "doer" in supporting Africa's development. It will continue to promote the transformation of China-Africa mining cooperation into industrial value-added, explore affordable and sustainable innovative financing models, seek truth from facts and within its means to promote the construction of supporting logistics channels and development along the routes, and use high-level cooperation to support Africa's modernization process.

Fourth, we must adhere to a fair and open cooperation environment. Africa's resources should not become a tool of geopolitical struggle. China is happy to see all parties sincerely assist Africa's development and is willing to work with Africa to maintain a stable and predictable mining cooperation market environment and create more suitable conditions for corporate investment and operations.