Peking (ots/PRNewswire) – On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, announced the expansion of bilateral relations into a comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation at a meeting in Beijing.
Xi praised the friendship between the two countries and said China is ready to seize the opportunity to deepen bilateral relations to further deepen friendly exchanges with Equatorial Guinea and exchange experiences in reform, development and poverty alleviation, in keeping with the traditional to give lasting impetus to the friendship between the two countries.
While maintaining mutual respect and support, the two countries have actively coordinated their development strategies and expanded bilateral relations in the new era.
Mutual benefits
In Equatorial Guinea, various types of infrastructure such as roads, bridges, ports, airports, power plants and telecommunications are often supported and built by China. Since 1971, China has sent 33 medical teams with more than 600 professionals to Equatorial Guinea and treated more than a million patients there.
The Djibloho hydroelectric power plant, supported by Chinese companies, is the largest of its kind in Equatorial Guinea and has been able to meet around 90 percent of the electricity needs of the continental part of the country since 2011. It is known as Equatorial Guinea’s “Three Gorges Project.”
Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea has also provided support to China. During his visit to China in April 2015, Obiang announced the donation of the China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Elementary School to Jinping County in southwestern Yunnan Province. In the last nine years, more than 2,000 children have graduated from school.
“China and Equatorial Guinea are good friends and partners who treat each other sincerely,” Xi told Obiang, adding that China supports Equatorial Guinea’s economic and social development and its efforts to promote economic diversification and industrialization.
Xi called for deepening exchanges and cooperation in areas such as medicine, health, education and culture to pass on the traditional friendship between the two countries and bring more benefits to the two peoples.
Emphasizing that cooperation between the two countries has always been based on equality and mutual respect, Obiang said his country is ready to open the door to China and invite Chinese companies to invest and cooperate in Equatorial Guinea to help the country achieve lasting and to help healthy development.
A new chapter in building a Chinese-African community with a shared future
Under the Belt and Road Initiative and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China and Equatorial Guinea have achieved a number of cooperation results.
The China-Equatorial Guinea Friendship Hospital, which began operations in 2023, has further improved the performance of Equatorial Guinea’s medical and healthcare system.
The new Malabo International Airport terminal has become a new landmark, significantly boosting regional and sub-regional connectivity.
In August 2023, China launched the Initiative to Support Africa’s Industrialization, the Plan to Support China’s Modernization of African Agriculture, and the China-Africa Cooperation in Talent Development Plan to promote Africa’s integration and modernization.
“I appreciate President Xi’s initiative to help African countries. I believe this is the most effective way for Africa to overcome all the difficulties it faces today that we were unable to achieve through the countries that colonized us,” Obiang said in an interview with Xinhua.
China stands ready to work with Africa to hold the new round of FOCAC and jointly discuss plans for future development and cooperation to open a new chapter in building a China-Africa community with a shared future, Xi said.
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