{"id":50201,"date":"2024-03-10T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bridging-dreams-the-china-africa-dar-es-salaam-consensus-and-its-path-to-global\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T16:05:17","slug":"bridging-dreams-the-china-africa-dar-es-salaam-consensus-and-its-path-to-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bridging-dreams-the-china-africa-dar-es-salaam-consensus-and-its-path-to-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging dreams: The ‘China-Africa Dar es Salaam Consensus’ and its path to global development"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has emerged as a prominent example of collaborative development efforts, serving as a crucial platform for mutual growth and connectivity. <\/p>\n

Within 23 years, Chinese companies have undertaken awe-inspiring infrastructure projects in Africa. <\/p>\n

They have undertaken awe-inspiring infrastructure projects in Africa where they have constructed or upgraded more than 10,000 kilometers of railways, nearly 100,000 kilometers of roads, approximately 1,000 bridges, and 100 ports.<\/p>\n

These transformative projects have not only enhanced trade, but they have also created millions of jobs, breathing new life into African communities.<\/p>\n

In a bid to continue charting the course, another important milestone was reached last week when African and Chinese Think Tanks endorsed the document known as the \u2018China-Africa Dar es Salaam Consensus\u2019 – the \u201cConsensus Among African and Chinese Think Tanks on Deepening Global Development Cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was issued following consultation from both sides during the 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum which was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on March 8. <\/p>\n

This document calls on the international community to deepen development cooperation in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, solidarity, cooperation, openness for mutual benefit, and shared prosperity. <\/p>\n

The consensus seeks, among other things, to encourage countries to collaborate towards modernization and foster a community with a shared future for humanity. <\/p>\n

It comprises eight specific agreements, prioritizing development, global multipolarity, economic globalization, international financial reform, sustainable development, endogenous development momentum, global security development, and knowledge sharing for development. <\/p>\n

These agreements provide significant guidance and principles for human development, with a lasting impact on deepening China-Africa cooperation and global development collaboration.<\/p>\n

The release of the \u201cAfrica-China Dar es Salaam Consensus\u201d comes at an opportune moment especially in a new era where human society requires increased interdependence, greater wisdom, and a broader consensus in knowledge and ideology. <\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists during a virtual press conference on Sunday, a Chinese scholar on global development who has participated in the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum meetings, acknowledged the imperative need for global and domestic stability to pave the way for prosperous collaborations. <\/p>\n

Prof. Ling, who once served as the Senior Vice President and the Chief Economist of World Bank, underscored the importance of knowledge sharing, particularly from the Global South, in fostering a collective understanding of successes, failures, and pathways to realizing shared dreams.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Prof. Ling, Professor Lin underscored the necessity of financial support, access to domestic and international markets, and infrastructural improvements to bolster Africa’s economic landscape. <\/p>\n

Hosted by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum attracted more than 300 people. <\/p>\n

These include representatives of international organizations in Tanzania, diplomatic envoys, government officials, think tank scholars, media reporters, and entrepreneurs from China and 49 African countries.<\/p>\n

The China-Africa Think Tank Forum is among one of the most significant sub-forums within the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). <\/p>\n

Over the past 15 years, a total of 15 international academic exchange activities, including thirteen China-Africa Think Tank Forums and the inaugural China-Africa Think Tank and Media Seminar, have been successively held in both China and African countries. <\/p>\n

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has emerged as a prominent example of collaborative development efforts, serving as a crucial platform for mutual growth and connectivity. Within 23 years, Chinese companies have undertaken awe-inspiring infrastructure projects in Africa. They have undertaken awe-inspiring infrastructure projects in Africa where they have constructed or upgraded more than 10,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000064457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-50201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000064457,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iuy-3-98335.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iuy-3-98335.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iuy-3-98335.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iuy-3-98335.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iuy-3-98335.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/iuy-3-98335.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000064457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50201"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=50201"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=50201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}