CMG holds dialogue in Zambia to tap global opportunities by China's deepening reform

The "Global Opportunities in Deepening China's Reform in the New Era" Global Dialogue Series Zambia session was held by China Media Group (CMG) in the capital city of Lusaka on Wednesday.

Shen Haixiong, vice minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and president of CMG, charge d'affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Zambia Wang Sheng, permanent secretary of Zambia's Ministry of Information and Media Thabo Kawana, and director of the Joint Research Center of the "Belt and Road" of Zambia University Kalombo Mwansa attended the meeting, along with more than 80 representatives from media and Zambia University.

Noting the importance of comprehensively deepening reform, Shen said CMG has been committed to telling the stories about China's reform and opening up and Chinese modernization and has always been actively building bridges for exchanges, dialogue and mutual learning between China and the world.

CMG will continue to promote cultural exchanges, carry out extensive cooperation with cultural institutions, international organizations and think tanks, and share the world opportunities in deepening China's reform in the new era, so as to make greater contribution to the modernization of the world featuring peace, development, mutually beneficial cooperation and common prosperity, Shen said.

Expounding on the spirit of the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, Wang Sheng said the session sends an important signal that China actively participates in global governance and promotes the building of a new type of international relations, providing an opportunity for China and Zambia to further strengthen communication and coordination under the framework of South-South cooperation.

Kawana said Chinese modernization offers a unique development model that emphasizes high-quality growth, technological innovation, and sustainable practices.

China's reform in the new era emphasizes innovation, sustainable development and high-quality growth, which is not only reshaping China's domestic development landscape, but also bringing new opportunities for international cooperation. For Zambia, these reforms provide a blueprint for upgrading industrial capacity, driving technological progress and promoting sustainable development, he said.

Mwansa said Chinese modernization offers lessons and opportunities for the development of African countries. Zambia and China have been enjoying mutually beneficial relations, and share huge potential for cooperation.

CMG holds dialogue in Zambia to tap global opportunities by China's deepening reform

The China-Africa Industrial Cooperation Conference was held in Beijing on Saturday, drawing over 500 attendees, including Chinese and African business leaders and diplomats.

Themed "Sharing Development Opportunities of Modernization", the event sought to foster collaboration between China and Africa across various sectors following the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the largest diplomatic event hosted by China in recent years, which concluded on Friday.

"Certainly, we expect a lot more cooperation, particularly in the areas of energy. We have a serious challenge in terms of energy in my country Zambia following the effects of climate change and the droughts. The electricity generation capacity has been wiped out, so we need to diversify our energy sources with the expansion in solar and wind," said Ivan Zyuulu, Zambian Ambassador to China.

Abubakar Hassan Abubakar, assistant minister at Kenya’s Ministry of Trade, Investments and Industry, emphasized the importance of China's vast market to Kenyan producers who would benefit from strengthening trade ties between China and Kenya.

"Of course, we are expecting more cooperation because, as I had said, China is the largest trading partner in Kenya and now, we want to position ourselves for Kenya to be the largest investment partner. We want them to invest in and produce either agricultural or industrial products and serve the rest of the world, but also serve China itself because you can see that President Xi Jinping is opening up this market, and we want to take advantage of that market," he said.

The Alliance of Chinese Business in Africa for Social Responsibilities (ACBASR) published a new Blue Book at the conference about the "One Hundred Enterprises and One Thousand Villages" initiative, estimated to have benefited 10,000 people in Africa by supporting work to protect the rights and interests of women and children and promote environmental sustainability and community development.

China-Africa Industrial Cooperation Conference held in Beijing