摘要
At the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated,“The pursuit of the Belt and Road Initiative is not meant to reinvent the wheel. Rather, it aims to complement the development strategies of countries involved by leveraging their comparative strengths.”1 China and African countries further agreed at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in September 2018 to “form a strong synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations, Agenda 2063 of the African Union (AU), as well as the development strategies of African countries,” which will “lend new impetus to the win-win cooperation and common development between China and Africa.”2 Synergizing their respective development plans and making joint efforts on the Belt and Road construction has become the strategic choice for China and African states to enhance their relations in the new era. It thus calls for our accurate grasp of Africa’s development trends and respect for African countries’ desire for endogenous development, while integrating the Belt and Road Initiative into the process of independent African development.
At the first Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated,"The pursuit of the Belt and Road Initiative is not meant to reinvent the wheel. Rather, it aims to complement the development strategies of countries involved by leveraging their comparative strengths."1 China and African countries further agreed at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in September 2018 to "form a strong synergy between the Belt and Road Initiative and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations, Agenda 2063 of the African Union (AU), as well as the development strategies of African countries," which will "lend new impetus to the win-win cooperation and common development between China and Africa."2 Synergizing their respective development plans and making joint efforts on the Belt and Road construction has become the strategic choice for China and African states to enhance their relations in the new era. It thus calls for our accurate grasp of Africa's development trends and respect for African countries' desire for endogenous development, while integrating the Belt and Road Initiative into the process of independent African development.
