Liu Huanxin, Administrator of National Administration for Rural Revitalization delivers a speech at the 2021 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Africa-China Poverty Reduction and Development Conference on Dec.7, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the National Administration for Rural Revitalization)
On Dec. 7, the 2021 FOCAC Africa-China Poverty Reduction and Development Conference was successfully held via video. This Conference, themed “Africa-China Cooperation in Poverty Reduction: Policies and Practices of Rural Development,” was hosted by the National Administration for Rural Revitalization and organized by the International Poverty Reduction Center in China.
Liu Huanxin noted that apart from eradicating poverty in our own country, China has always been an active advocate, strong promoter and important contributor to the international cause of poverty reduction and rural development. The convening of the 11th Africa-China Poverty Reduction and Development Conference via video, is not only a positive action in response to the initiative raised by President Xi Jinping, but also an important measure to promote the cooperation between China and Africa in poverty reduction and rural development in a deeper and more practical way. “We are willing to continue friendly exchanges and cooperation with African countries on poverty reduction and rural development, promote the implementation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Dakar Action Plan (2022-2024), and work with African countries to build a poverty reduction and development partnership,” he said.
In the plenary session, Carlos Watson, representative to China of FAO, Dr. Tan Weiping, deputy director general of International Poverty Reduction Center in China, Marie-Pierre Poirier, regional director, UNICEF Western and Central Africa Regional Office, Fan Shenggen, chair professor of China Agricultural University,etc. shared the policies and practices of poverty reduction and rural development from the perspective of China and African countries.
More than 70 participants from 26 countries attended the conference online, including 4 foreign vice-ministerial level guests. Other participants included officials of governments and relevant departments of 25 African countries, representatives of 12 international and regional organizations, diplomatic envoys of 20 African countries posted in China, as well as domestic and foreign experts and scholars, enterprise and media representatives and African students studying in China.
The 2021 FOCAC Africa-China Poverty Reduction and Development Conference is successfully held via video, on Dec.7, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the National Administration for Rural Revitalization)