FOCAC's programmes the new focus of China-Tanzania cooperation

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China ambassador to Tanzania Chen Mingjian elaborates in this written interview with The Citizen the latest progress of China-Tanzania practical cooperation as well as the importance of carrying forward the Tazara spirit in promoting China-Tanzania cooperation

The 8th FOCAC Ministerial conference was successfully held in November, 2021. At its opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China and African countries have jointly prepared the China-Africa Vision 2035. Under the first three-year plan of the Vision, China will work closely with African countries to implement nine programmes including the medical and health programme, the poverty reduction and agricultural development programme, the trade promotion programme, etc. The nine programmes are a response to the urgent need of African countries for development, and aims at supporting African countries in nurturing home-grown development capability, which is the latest focus of China-Africa practical cooperation and has been warmly welcomed and supported by the Tanzanian side.

The Tazara spirit embodies those memorable moments of friendly exchanges between China, Tanzania and Zambia. It included the story of the 13 visits of President Julius Nyerere to China through which he developed deep friendship with the old generation of Chinese leaders like Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai. It included the story of 50,000 plus Chinese people travelling thousands of miles to Tanzania and forged deep friendship through hard work and sacrifice for building the railway. It included the story of China supporting Southeast African people in their struggle to break away from colonial rule and win national independence and liberation in the 1960s. I believe that those memorable stories, together with the Tazara Spirit, will always be remembered in the history of China-Tanzania and China-Africa friendly exchanges.

FOCAC's programmes the new focus of China-Tanzania cooperation

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