The Chinese mainland will work to ensure that it share the fruits of modernization with compatriots in Taiwan, in line with the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China that concluded last week.
Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the statement at a press conference in Beijing in response to a media query on what efforts will be made to provide development opportunities for people in Taiwan.
The third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing on July 15-18, during which a resolution on further deepening reforms comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization was adopted.
The resolution, with economic structural reform as the spearhead, comprehensively plans reforms in various fields and aspects. It puts forward more than 300 important reform measures, all of which involve reforms on the levels of systems, mechanisms, and institutions.
"The Resolution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Further Deepening Reforms Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization, which was deliberated on and adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, spells out over 300 significant reform measures and make systematic plans for further deepening reforms comprehensively. It will provide Chinese modernization with powerful driving force and institutional safeguards. It will also create better conditions and greater room for the development of compatriots and enterprises from Taiwan in the mainland," Zhu said at a press conference in Beijing.
"We will fully implement the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, taking effective steps to turn the session's spirit into powerful driving force for our work related to Taiwan. We will work to promote cross-Strait economic and cultural exchange and cooperation, and deepen integrated cross-Strait development in various fields, so as to let the compatriots in Taiwan be among the first to share the opportunities created by Chinese modernization and to share the fruits of development and progress of the mainland," she said.
Compatriots in Taiwan will share development opportunities of Chinese modernization: spokeswoman
Chinese President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit resonated with the common aspiration of more than 2.8 billion Chinese and African people and demonstrated China's firm will of moving forward hand-in-hand with Africa along the path of development, revitalization and modernization, several participants at the event have said.
In his speech on Thursday, Xi proposed that bilateral relations between China and all African countries having diplomatic ties with China be elevated to the level of strategic relations, and that the overall characterization of China-Africa relations be elevated to an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
He also announced that the Chinese government will provide 360 billion yuan (about 50.8 billion U.S. dollars) of financial support to Africa over the next three years.
"Everyone was happy to hear those news, so everyone was clapping. So now we are going to a higher level of relations between China and Africa," said Hamidou, a counselor at the Embassy of Comoros in Beijing.
"China understands Africa's urgent desire to advance modernization. We can learn a lot from China's development," said Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean Marie Traore.
Xi also suggested 10 partnership actions for modernization that China will take together with Africa in the next three years to deepen China-Africa cooperation and spearhead modernization in the Global South.
"President Xi, through his long vision of the needs of countries and his interest in supporting development, has offered this as a real vehicle to promote exports of Africa to China, which is a huge market," said Alaa Ezz, secretary general of the Union of African Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture, and Professions (UACCIAP).
"As he told this morning, we have many projects in digitalization, in capacity building, in health centers, support for health, for infrastructure, in the framework of the Belt and [Road]. And we think that we are very satisfied with this partnership. This is a win-win partnership," said Gabriel Mbairobe, Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Held in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday, the 2024 FOCAC summit brought together leaders from China and over 50 African countries, who highlighted the common pursuit of China and African countries in realizing modernization.
During the summit, both sides unanimously adopted two important documents -- a declaration on jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, and an action plan of the FOCAC for the next three years.
Xi's speech at FOCAC summit resonates with people's common aspiration: participants
