Senior CPC official co-chairs FOCAC high-level meeting on peace, security

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Senior CPC official co-chairs FOCAC high-level meeting on peace, security

2024-09-05 21:42 Last Updated At：23:37

Cai Qi, senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Thursday co-chaired the high-level meeting on peace and security of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) with President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Cai, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, recalled at the meeting that President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the summit, proposing the construction of an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and announced the implementation of 10 partnership action plans for China and Africa to jointly promote modernization.

China will fully implement the spirit of President Xi's speech, vigorously promote peace and security cooperation within the framework of FOCAC, and promote high-level security with high-quality development between China and Africa, Cai said.

China is willing to work with Africa to take this summit as an important opportunity to jointly advance modernization, build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and create a better future for human society, he said.

African leaders including Sassou Nguesso, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, and President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone also delivered speeches respectively.

The leaders spoke highly of China's global security initiative and its positive role in Africa's peace and security, and looked forward to Africa and China working together to build a modern peace and security system and inject more positive energy into global stability.

Attending the high-level meeting were about 300 representatives from China and more than 50 African countries and major sub-regional organizations.

The three-day FOCAC summit, which opened on Wednesday, is the largest diplomatic event hosted by China in recent years, with the highest attendance of foreign leaders.

Themed "Joining Hands to Advance Modernization and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future," the event aims to strengthen friendship and outline future cooperation between the two sides.

Zhejiang, Jiangsu evacuate residents as Typhoon Bebinca lands in east China

2024-09-16 11:19 Last Updated At：11:37

Authorities in east China's coastal provinces Zhejiang and Jiangsu have launched emergency evacuation of residents to help mitigate the impact of Typhoon Bebinca -- the 13th typhoon of the year.

In Zhejiang's Pinghu City, communities have started the relocation work. The old town area of Xindai, home to about 1,400 permanent residents, including some 30 percent elderly, has been a focus of evacuation efforts.

Over 50 elderly residents have been evacuated to a temporary courtyard shelter, where they have plenty of space for meals and walking around. The shelter is equipped with folding beds, food, drinking water and medical staff standing by to address any health concerns.

The province also raised its emergency response for typhoon prevention to level II.

In Jiangsu Province, Nantong City has conducted comprehensive safety inspections and organized evacuations in key areas.

Nantong's Rugao Port on the Yangtze River was shutdown on Sunday afternoon.

All workers at the Zhangjiagang-Jingjiang-Rugao Bridge construction site -- located at a river shoal -- are evacuated ahead of the storm attack.

"From the temporary ferry to the Rugao-Zhangjiagang ferry, we have evacuated a total of 428 people. So far, all construction personnel of the Zhangjinggao Bridge within the scope of this construction site have been evacuated to our shelter," said Ding Xiaoxing, chief engineer of Rugao Water Affairs Department.

Authorities in Nantong has evacuated more than 1,400 people and over 200 vessels along the coastal area under its jurisdiction.

Making landfall in Shanghai on Monday morning, Typhoon Bebinca is the most powerful tropical cyclone directly hitting the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades.