"Currently, the collective rise of developing countries and their increasing international influence have become an irreversible trend of the times."
As the world's largest developing country and the continent with the highest concentration of developing countries, China and Africa have been working together and fighting shoulder to shoulder for decades, consolidating unbreakable brotherhood and driving the "trend of the times" forward.
"The Chinese side has always viewed and developed China Zambia relations from a strategic and long-term perspective."
Zambia holds an important position in the history of China's exchanges with Africa.
In 1974, Chairman Mao Zedong proposed the far-reaching "Three Worlds" theory during his meeting with the first President of Zambia after independence, Kaunda, declaring that China and third world countries, including Zambia, stood firmly together and won the respect and praise of the international community, especially developing countries.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Zambia, political mutual trust between the two sides has been deepening, and significant achievements have been made in cooperation in various fields. We understand and support each other on issues related to each other's core interests and major concerns. The distinctive feature of China Zambia relations is that it has withstood the test of international changes.
In this meeting, the two heads of state announced the upgrade of bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation.
From a historical perspective, China and other African countries such as Zambia have always been walking the same path towards modernization.
Next year, China and Zambia will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
"China Africa cooperation has become a leader in South South cooperation and international cooperation with Africa"
Infrastructure, food security, healthcare... In the face of the needs of African friends in the development process, China has always been thinking about what Africa wants and urgent about what Africa needs. Faced with the ever-changing international situation, the vast number of African countries are not afraid of various counter currents and firmly choose to stand with China.
Brothers are far apart, walking side by side. The main theme and background of China Africa friendship have never changed, including sincerity, equality, mutual benefit and win-win, upholding justice, and openness and inclusiveness.
At the recent G20 summit, the African Union officially joined the G20, becoming the latest footnote to the world's multipolarity process. China is the first country to explicitly support the African Union's accession to the G20, and has always stood up for Africa in multilateral forums such as the United Nations.
"We firmly support African countries to pursue an independent and autonomous development path," "We firmly support African countries to become an important pole in world political, economic, and cultural development," and "We support African countries to continuously enhance their independent development capabilities, achieve economic recovery and sustainable development." China's words must be followed, and its promises will be honored.
Next year, China will host the Forum on China Africa Cooperation. "We are willing to work together with China to push Africa China cooperation to a new level, jointly address global challenges such as energy and food security, and inject more stability into the world." - President Xichilema's statement during the talks conveys the common wishes and expectations of African countries.
"Firmly uphold international fairness and justice, and strive to enhance the voice of developing countries"
Unity and cooperation with developing countries have become a prominent feature of China's recent foreign exchanges.
In the context of the accelerated evolution of the century long changes, China has strengthened unity and cooperation with developing countries, demonstrating the mission and responsibility of a developing major country to adapt to and promote the trend of the times.
During this meeting, President Hichilema sincerely stated that China's development has driven progress in southern countries around the world, enhanced their representation and voice in international affairs, and promoted the development of the international order towards a more just and reasonable direction.
China is a natural member of the global South and will always be a member of the developing country family. Building a better world is the common aspiration of 2.8 billion Chinese and African people, as well as the common aspiration of all people in developing countries. The historical momentum is vast and unstoppable, and the trend of the times is unstoppable.
