Youth represents hope of China-Africa cooperation

 BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhuanet) -- As the dynamics¹ of the China-Africa friendship, Chinese and African youth should strengthen exchanges and learn from each other to promote common development, delegates to the second China-Africa Young Leaders Forum² agreed.

Under the theme of “Africa-China Cooperation and Youth Development”, the two-day forum, which opened on Monday and brought together more than 200 delegates from 38 African countries, conforms to the great momentum³ of strengthened China-Africa cooperation.

In his speech at the forum, Abdelmouniem Elsuni Ahmed Abdullah, Youth Secretary of NCP from Sudan, hailed the role of the youth in promoting prosperous development.

“The youth are the benefactors⁴ of the destiny of the world ahead of them, and hence they have a role in contributing to ensure a prosperous and harmonious⁵ world for themselves and their future generations,” he said.

Abdullah added that China supports African countries with economic and technical support and as the youth leaders in Africa, they want to find out how China develops. “This is a good opportunity to know the wisdom of China, and good plan which leads the Chinese society to be in the top.”

Akol Paul Kordit, Political Bureau member of SPLM from South Sudan, held that young Africans can learn from young Chinese in the way of life; also the young Chinese can learn from the young Africans.

“The young people from the two regions are the mechanism⁶ to translate the relationship and friendship between China and Africa into people-to-people relationship, because young people play an important role in terms of campaigning, dissemination⁷ of information, public mobilization,” Kordit told Xinhuanet. “If young people are involved in the process, it brought on board the entire public of two regions.”

Kordit was clear that China’s rapid development did not come out of blue. It came as the result of a hard-working people, their commitment and determination. “You’re hard-working nation, determined⁸, committed, and believing in yourself. These are the values that actually contribute to the fast development of China,” he emphasized.

“Africa got huge natural resources but unutilized. So I think Chinese technology could be exploited in terms of exploiting the natural resources of Africa and making them beneficiary to human being in Africa as well as in China,” Kordit said.

When asked about how to strengthen the understanding between the youth, Axel Jesson Denis Ayenoue from Gabon told Xinhuanet that there should be more exchanges between them. "It you want to know somebody else’s culture, you become part of it. We want to become part of China as we want China to become part of Africa."

“There are a lot of students studying in China and when they return to Gabon, they are good professional people,” added Ayenoue.

Stressing that China’s economic development model is an example for Africa to follow, but to follow wisely, Ayenoue said, "China is developing according to its own reality, that’s what China is teaching to the rest of the world."

“If you want to be developed, you have to do it through your own ways regarding to your own reality. Your must not just copy just how Chinese did. That’s what Chinese are teaching the world. That’s how China grows up, not by following one obsolescent⁹ theory, but by dealing¹⁰ with its own reality,” Ayenoue said.

Wynter Kabimba, Secretary of General, Patriotic¹¹ Front of Zambia, noted¹² that China has set a clear example for the world that social and economic development is within the reach of every country including those of Africa.

“China is, therefore, a beacon¹³ of hope outside the traditional development models so far prescribed for Africa. It is this development path which makes China relevant to Africa today,” Kabimba said.

Stephen Bwansa from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)?always thinks of the future when he says about the young. “I think that youth is the hope of tomorrow. If we want to consolidate¹⁴ China-Africa relations, youth is the key," he told Xinhuanet, adding, "what we see from the young people is the closer cooperation and solid friendship, which will promote peace and consolidate development."

The China-Africa Young Leaders Forum was launched in Windhoek, Namibia in 2011.

The current forum is taking place before the 5th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

1 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

4 benefactors   

n.捐助者，施主( benefactor的名词复数 )；恩人

参考例句：

• I rate him among my benefactors. 我认为他是我的一个恩人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We showed high respect to benefactors. 我们对捐助者表达了崇高的敬意。 来自辞典例句

5 harmonious   

adj.和睦的，调和的，和谐的，协调的

参考例句：

• Their harmonious relationship resulted in part from their similar goals.他们关系融洽的部分原因是他们有着相似的目标。
• The room was painted in harmonious colors.房间油漆得色彩调和。

6 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

7 dissemination   

传播,宣传,传染(病毒)

参考例句：

• The dissemination of error does people great harm. 谬种流传，误人不浅。
• He was fully bent upon the dissemination of Chinese culture all over the world. 他一心致力于向全世界传播中国文化。

8 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

9 obsolescent   

adj.过时的，难管束的

参考例句：

• Electronic equipment quickly becomes obsolescent.电子设备淘汰得很快。
• This word is now obsolescent.这个字现在已废弃不用了。

10 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

11 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

12 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

13 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

14 consolidate   

v.使加固，使加强；(把...)联为一体，合并

参考例句：

• The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
• The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。