2018年CRI UN Chief: China-Africa Cooperation Vital for Africa's Development

 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pressing the importance of China-Africa cooperation ahead of his trip to next week's Forum¹ on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing.  

Speaking with Chinese media outlets² at the UN headquarters ahead of his trip to China, Antonio Guterres suggests China-Africa cooperation is one of the keys to Africa's development. 

"This forum is an extremely important moment, in which it will be possible for Chinese leaders and African leaders to discuss matters of common interests. For the success of the African development, I believe China's cooperation is a very important tool and a very important instrument, and the success in African development will be largely the  success of the global development," says Guterres.

Guterres also says the Belt and Road Initiative is one of the tools which is helping³ reach development goals in Africa.

"We live more and more in a global economy, everything is interlinked. It's obvious that when we have such an integrated economy, it is very important to strengthen connectivity. Physical connectivity through investment projects in harbors, railways, roads, also connectivity in telecommunications and information technologies, many of which are contemplated⁴ in the Belt and Road Initiative," says Guterres.

Guterres also says China's cooperation with Africa aligns⁵ with the Agenda 2063 of Africa and UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

And he says that China-Africa cooperation is indicative of the broader cooperation which is being seen within the developing world. 

"The Africa-China cooperation today is central aspect of South-South Cooperation. South-South Cooperation is more and more important in today's world, not to replace North-South Cooperation…but as a fundamental tool to allow, in this case, African countries to benefit from the remarkable⁶ success of Chinese economic development in the past decades," says Guterres.

The FOCAC Summit, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in Beijing, maintains a theme of "China and Africa: toward an even stronger community with a shared future through win-win cooperation."

1 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。

2 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 contemplated   

adj. 预期的 动词contemplate的过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform. 医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
• The government has contemplated reforming the entire tax system. 政府打算改革整个税收体制。

5 aligns   

使成一线( align的第三人称单数 )； 排整齐； 校准； 公开支持（某人、集体或观点）

参考例句：

• HASP SRM fully aligns with the software product lifecycle. HASPSRM完全遵循软件产品的生命周期。
• Significant employee aligns the interests of our employees and our shareholders. 员工大量持股可以使员工与股东的利益协调一致。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。