Ming Pao News Agency
China ’s largest home diplomatic event this year will open in Beijing today (3rd) in Beijing. Among the 54 African countries, in addition to Sverlandland, which has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, 53 countries will attend. Last weekend, last weekend.Many heads of state have arrived in Beijing to start state visits in the early days.It is expected that the leader of the President of the State will declare on China -Africa cooperation at the summit.In recent years, with the rapid growth of China's investment and trade in Africa, there are more and more controversy about China's role in Africa. I believe that China also intends to clarify some misunderstandings to the outside world through this summit.
After the number of African trading partners Andnbsp; After the total investment ranks British and American law
Compared with European and American countries, which have invested in Africa for nearly a century, China ’s accumulated investment in Africa is insignificant. According to the statistics of the United Nations in 2016, China's investment has indeed increased greatly in recent years, but it is still ranked in the United States, Britain, France and other countries in recent years.After that, live in fourth.Compared with 2011, the total investment in the United States was still 57 billion (USD, the same below), and did not increase or decrease; the UK increased slightly from 54 billion to 55 billion;To 49 billion; China increased from 16 billion to 40 billion yuan, more than doubled.In 2017, China directly invested 3.1 billion to Africa, close to 40 times in 2003.In terms of trade, China has become the largest trading partner in Africa for nine consecutive years. The bilateral trade volume reached 170 billion last year, an increase of 14%; the first half of this year reached 98.8 billion, an increase of 16%.
The origin of China and Africa began in the 1960s. When many African countries were still Western colonies, Beijing had provided local guerrillas with military aid, and many African leaders had experience in studying in China or training in Chinese military schools.In the 1970s, Tanzan (Bia) Railway, which was more than 1,800 kilometers in length, was the largest single infrastructure project for foreign aid before China's reform and opening up.In 1991, the Chinese Foreign Minister, which was set by the then Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, must first visit Africa for the first time every year. It has lasted for 28 years.The Chinese leaders have been in the past six years of the President of the State President. From May this year, the leaders of the three giants of the Central Committee, Li Zhanshu, and Wang Yang have visited and Africa, respectively.Essence
In recent years, China's investment and business model in Africa has been questioned by Western public opinion.It is criticized that China only cares about Africa's mineral resources and squeeze the local cheap labor force, while the Chinese assisted and invested in Andrdquo, "not attached to political conditions Andrdquo;"New colonialism Andrdquo;.
In recent years, Europe and the United States' interest in Africa have been greatly reduced, and they have only made humanitarian assistance. In turn, Western public opinion accused China in accordance with market logic and Africa's trade and investment. In addition to values and ideological reasons, it also reflects Western strategic anxiety.
Business model is mainly based on market logic andnbsp; local employees of Chinese -funded employees
China is indeed important in investment in Africa. Taking China in 2015, China has supported US $ 60 billion in African -African fund support, of which only 5 billion is aid.China's biggest contribution to Africa provides different choices, which is also the logic of China's early rural reform and market economy development: its core is to stimulate people's enthusiasm and reasonably allocate resources.Judging from the actual effect, China's funds have initially changed the fate of Africa. Since the Chinese leader in December 2015 at the Johannesburg Summit of the China -Africa Cooperation Forum, China and Africa have proposed that China and Africa's "Top Ten Cooperation Plan Andrdquo;The projects that have been built and under construction in Africa will add about 30,000 kilometers of roads in Africa, the port capacity of 85 million tons of cargo, a daily supply of 9 million tons of clean water supply capacity, nearly 20,000 meters of power generation capacity and 30,000Multi -kilometers of transmission lines and creating nearly 900,000 employment positions. Africa's economic take -off is one of the most encouraged development of this century, and a large number of Chinese capital poured into Africa has begun from the beginning of this century.
Supervision in China's domestic market's huge demand for resources, China's investment in Africa is mainly concentrated in the field of minerals and energy. This is the same as global investors' interest in Africa. The key is that investment must meet local laws and environmental protection policies and take care of it.Local folk customs, fair trading.
There is still a lot of improvement in Chinese -funded enterprises in Africa in environmental protection and labor benefits. The latest reports of the United States CNN in Ethiopia also pointed out that it is not accurate that the outside world has only hired Chinese to hire Chinese and unwilling to hire locals. The local area is not accurate. The local areaOf the 177 employees of a China -Ernanic Factory, only one Chinese.International Investment Consultant McKinsey Andand Company also investigated more than 1,000 Chinese -funded companies in Africa last year that an average of 89%of employees were locals.
Africa's 1.25 billion population is very young, and it is estimated that it will double up to 5 billion by 2050.The latest report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also pointed out that the global major labor growth in the world in the next 20 years will be in Africa, and it will definitely attract a large number of foreign investment including China.However, after all, Africa has more than 50 countries. It has both a successful successful country and the most poverty -stricken country in the world. The polarization is very serious.As long as the integration is not completed, its market is still barriers everywhere, and the difficulty of integration and political and economic risks is also very high.The cooperation and investment between China and Africa should also be like Andrdquo; the “Belt and Road Andrdquo; plan to make a profit avoiding harm and do a good job of risk control. In recent years, China has begun to cooperate with the third countries such as Britain and France in Africa.A wise exploration.
