The strategic partnership between China and South Africa has experienced fast development in all aspects and has become one of China's most important and dynamic bilateral relationships with other African countries, said a senior Chinese official on Wednesday.
With the joint efforts of China and South Africa and other African countries, the China-African relations have taken on a new look and has brought tangible benefits to both sides, said Ji Peiding, vice chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress, at the seminar commemorating the 10th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between China and South Africa.
Maintaining the overall friendship between China and Africa is the goal and basis of strengthening the strategic cooperation between China and South Africa, said Ji at the seminar held in Pretoria on Wednesday.
China-African cooperation belongs to South-South cooperation which has become more complementary, diversified and flexible, Ji said, adding that the two sides hold identical or similar positions on many major international issues.
China sincerely hopes to see a peaceful, stable, developing and united Africa with a bigger role in international affairs, he said.
China-African cooperation is all-dimensional, involving all countries which are willing to cooperate with China and Africa. Such cooperation has been based on complementarity, mutual benefit and win-win progress throughout its growth, Ji said.
Mutual investment between China and Africa has injected new vitality into the economic cooperation and development between China and African countries, Ji said. Source: Xinhua
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