Full text of the Declaration of the Beijing Summit of the Forum
on China-Africa Cooperation, released on November 5, 2006
We, the heads of state and (or) government of the People's
Republic of China and 48 African countries, met in Beijing from 4th
to 5th November 2006 for the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation.
We applaud the summit held on the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of the inauguration of diplomatic relations between the
People's Republic of China and African countries.
For the purpose of promoting "friendship, peace, cooperation and
development," we have reviewed the sincere friendship, solidarity
and cooperation between China and Africa over the past half
century, discussed the common goals and direction for growing
China-Africa cooperation in the new era, and decided to enhance the
role of the Forum.
We hold that the world today is undergoing complex and profound
changes, and that the pursuit of peace, development and cooperation
has become the trend of the times.
We call for the development of friendly relations and
cooperation among countries in accordance with the UN Charter, the
Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence and other generally
recognized norms governing international relations.
We propose to enhance South-South cooperation and North-South
dialogue to promote balanced, coordinated and sustainable
development of the global economy to enable all countries to share
its benefits and realize common development and prosperity.
We hold that the United Nations should strengthen its role
through reforms, pay greater attention to the issue of development
and give priority to increasing the representation and say of
African countries in UN agencies.
China reaffirms its support for African countries in their
efforts to strengthen themselves through unity and independently
resolve African problems, its support for African regional and
sub-regional organizations in their efforts to promote economic
integration and its support for African countries in implementing
the "New Partnership for African Development" programmes.
We call on the international community to encourage and support
Africa's efforts to pursue peace and development. In particular, we
urge developed countries to increase official development
assistance and honour their commitment to opening markets and debt
relief to enhance Africa's capacity in poverty and disaster
reduction and prevention and control of desertification, and help
Africa realize the UN Millennium Development Goals.
We hold that the adherence of China, the world's largest
developing country, to peaceful development and the commitment of
Africa, a continent with the largest number of developing
countries, to stability, development and renaissance, are in
themselves significant contributions to world peace and
development.
African countries are greatly inspired by China's rapid economic
development and extend congratulations to China. They reiterated
that they adhere to the one-China policy and support China's
peaceful reunification.
China and Africa enjoy traditional solidarity and cooperation
and China-Africa friendship enjoys immense popularity.
We hereby solemnly proclaim the establishment of a new type of
strategic partnership between China and Africa featuring political
equality and mutual trust, economic win-win cooperation and
cultural exchanges. For this purpose, we will:
Increase high-level visits, conduct strategic dialogue and
enhance mutual political trust.
Deepen and broaden mutually beneficial cooperation and give top
priority to cooperation in agriculture, infrastructure, industry,
fishing, IT, public health and personnel training to draw on each
other's strengths.
Increase exchange of views on governance and development to
learn from each other.
Increase dialogue between different cultures and promote
people-to-people exchanges, particularly those between the young
people.
Enhance international cooperation.
Enhance the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Properly handle issues and challenges that may arise in the
course of cooperation in keeping with China-Africa friendship and
the long-term interests of the two sides.
We hold that the establishment of a new type of strategic
partnership is the shared desire of China and Africa, serves our
common interests, and will help enhance solidarity and mutual
assistance among developing countries and contribute to lasting
peace and harmonious development in the world.
(China Daily November 6, 2006)