时政新闻学英语之33：习总谈中非合作共同体

本文选自中国日报，链接见Xi vows action to bring China, Africa closer。

Nation aims to expand imports, boost investment, spur industrialization（促进工作化） and continue free-trade talks.

President Xi Jinping and visiting leaders head for（前往） the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation after a group photo in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. WU ZHIYI/CHINA DAILY

President Xi Jinping unveiled（揭幕） on Monday eight major initiatives by China, including expanding imports from Africa, for the next three years and beyond to build a closer community with a shared future（建立未来命运共同体） for China and Africa.

Xi made the announcement in his keynote speech（主旨发言） at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. "The over 1.3 billion Chinese people have been with the over 1.2 billion African people in pursuing a shared future," Xi said.

China will purchase more goods, especially nonresource（非资源类） products, from Africa, and will continue its free-trade negotiations（自由贸易谈判） with African countries that wish to do so, Xi said.

China will promote industrialization in Africa with such concrete（实际的） measures as encouraging Chinese companies to expand their investment in Africa, supporting Africa's efforts to largely achieve food security by 2030, and launching（开启，发射） 50 agricultural assistance projects, Xi said.

It also will offer emergency humanitarian food aid（人道主义食物援助） worth 1 billion yuan ($146.5 million) to Africa, dispatch（派遣） 500 senior（资深的） agricultural experts to Africa and train young talent in agricultural science, Xi said.

China will work with the African Union in developing the China-Africa cooperation plan, and China will encourage its domestic companies to participate in infrastructure construction（基础设施建设） in Africa, he said.

The president said China and Africa should enhance cooperation in such areas as energy, transportation, information telecommunications and cross-border water resources.

China supports African countries' efforts to make better use of financial resources such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the New Development Bank, and the Silk Road Fund in accordance with（遵循多边规则和程序） multilateral rules and procedures, Xi said.

China will offer 50 projects involving green development and ecological protection for Africa, and strengthen exchanges with Africa in climate change, maritime cooperation（海事合作）, control of desertification（沙漠化） and protection of wildlife, Xi said.

Xi pledged to enhance communication with African countries on development experiences, offer occupational（职业的） training courses for African youths, provide a quota（额度） of 50,000 government-funded scholarships for Africa and invite 2,000 young people from Africa to visit China.

Xi also unveiled measures to enhance communication with Africa in such areas as health, people-to-people exchanges and security.

To ensure the implementation of the initiatives（倡议）, China will provide $60 billion in support, including free aid, loans and special funds, for Africa's development, Xi said.

China is ready to jointly promote the Belt and Road Initiative with international partners to create new drivers（驱动力） for development and turn it into a road of peace, prosperity, openness, green development and innovation, Xi said.

In his speech, Xi introduced China's "five-no" approach－no interference in African countries' pursuit of development paths; no interference in internal affairs; no imposition（强迫） of China's will on African countries; no attachment of political strings（弦，也就是说援助不建立在政治企图上） to assistance; and no seeking of selfish political gains in investment and financing cooperation－in China's relations with Africa.