Johannesburg, January 26 (Xinhua) — The South African independent online news website recently published a jointly signed article by the executive chairman of the media group to which the website belongs, Iqbal Siver, and African research expert Sisona Mudlokwana, stating that in the context of profound global changes, China Africa cooperation is driving common growth and becoming a new paradigm for global southern cooperation. The article summary is as follows:
China’s measures towards non-zero tariffs signify that China is directly promoting the export growth of African countries through its own super large market. This will help enhance the value creation capacity within African economies and promote Africa to break away from the long-standing single development path dominated by raw material exports.
China emphasizes industrial, agricultural, and digital transformation in cooperation, promotes vocational skills training, industrial park construction, and agricultural modernization, cultivates local technical talents in Africa, and enhances local sustainable production capacity.
The important advantage of China Africa cooperation lies in aligning China’s experience with Africa’s potential and promoting knowledge and technology transfer. Taking agricultural production as an example, although Africa has a large amount of arable land, agricultural productivity still faces structural constraints. Through the China Africa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, China’s experience in high-yield and climate smart agriculture can provide reference for Africa, helping to enhance food security and development resilience.
The greater significance of China Africa cooperation may lie in promoting the establishment of a more equitable global order. More and more scholars and policy analysts believe that the China Africa partnership is an important component in empowering broader efforts in the global South at the political and economic levels, and can help change the single global governance structure dominated by Western countries.
In their interactions with China, African countries are not simply beneficiaries, but co designers of development strategies. China Africa cooperation is rooted in infrastructure, free trade, and capacity building, representing a constantly evolving South South partnership model.