The close friendly relations between China and South Africa were recently underlined by a visit from Deputy President Paul Mashatile.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Mashatile on November 6. He said that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and South Africa, with their bilateral relationship entering a “golden era.”
During his fourth state visit to South Africa in August, he and President Cyril Ramaphosa agreed that China and South Africa should be strategic partners with high-level mutual trust, development partners that progress together, friendly partners that enjoy mutual understanding, and global partners with a commitment to justice.
President Xi expressed China’s willingness to work with South Africa and other African countries to implement China’s three initiatives on supporting Africa’s industrialization, agricultural modernization and talent development, as well as the eight major steps to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, create a number of high-standard, sustainable cooperation projects that benefit people’s livelihood, work for a more strategic and sustainable China-Africa cooperation, and promote the building of a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future.
He called on the two sides to continue to cooperate closely within the BRICS mechanism, strengthen solidarity and cooperation among developing countries, and promote the development of the global governance system in a direction conducive to developing countries.
Mashatile said President Xi’s successful state visit to South Africa in August further consolidated the traditional friendship between South Africa and China, and injected strong impetus into the future development of relations. President Ramaphosa awarded the country’s highest honor to President Xi, which showed that the South African people highly affirm and appreciate President Xi’s great contribution to promoting South Africa-China friendship.
On the same day, on his request, Mashatile, who is also the Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa, also met with Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee (IDCPC).
Mashatile said that the ANC attaches great importance to its relations with the CPC and thanks the CPC for the long-term support and assistance to the ANC. Currently, the African continent, including South Africa, is facing many new challenges. The ANC is willing to strengthen exchanges on state governance and administration with the CPC, learn experience and practices in strengthening party building from the CPC, be more people-oriented, listen to the people, and understand and serve the people’s needs, so as to better realize the Party’s purposes and goals. The ANC is willing to work with the CPC to help the two countries strengthen cooperation in energy and other fields, reinforce coordination in international affairs, and promote the stronger development of relations between the two countries.
Liu said, currently the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with increasing uncertainties, instability, and unpredictable factors. The CPC and the ANC, as the ruling parties of their respective countries, should strengthen unity and cooperation and work together to deal with risks and challenges on the way forward. The CPC and the ANC have always supported and helped each other.
A few days previously, on November 3, IDCPC Vice-Minister Li Mingxiang met with a delegation led by Bonginkosi Emmanuel “Blade” Nzimande, Chairperson (and formerly General Secretary) of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology.
Li said the Chinese side is willing to work with the South African side to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two countries, further strengthen cooperation between the two countries in all fields, deepen inter-party exchanges and mutual learning, and jointly promote the continuous development of the comradely and brotherly relationship between China and South Africa.
Nzimande thanked the CPC for its long-term and selfless support to the SACP and expected to continuously deepen friendly cooperation with the CPC in various fields.
The following articles were originally published by the Xinhua News Agency and on the website of the IDCPC.
Xi meets South African deputy president
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile in Beijing on Monday.
Xi said this year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and South Africa, with the bilateral relationship entering a “golden era.”
During his fourth state visit to South Africa in August, President Xi and President Cyril Ramaphosa agreed that China and South Africa should be strategic partners with high-level mutual trust, development partners that progress together, friendly partners that enjoy mutual understanding, and global partners with a commitment to justice.
“China stands ready to work with South Africa to continuously enrich the China-South Africa comprehensive strategic partnership and take bilateral relations to a new level,” Xi said.
Noting that China supports South Africa in exploring a modernization path suited to its own national conditions, Xi said China is willing to further consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust and upgrade the level of mutually beneficial cooperation with South Africa.
Xi also expressed China’s willingness to work with South Africa and other African countries to implement China’s three initiatives on supporting Africa’s industrialization, agricultural modernization and talent development, as well as the eight major steps to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, create a number of high-standard, sustainable cooperation projects that benefit people’s livelihood, work for a more strategic and sustainable China-Africa cooperation, and promote the building of a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future.
Xi called on the two sides to continue to cooperate closely within the BRICS mechanism, strengthen solidarity and cooperation among developing countries, and promote the development of the global governance system in a direction conducive to developing countries.
Mashatile said President Xi’s successful state visit to South Africa in August further consolidated the traditional friendship between South Africa and China, and injected strong impetus into the future development of relations. President Ramaphosa awarded the highest honor to President Xi, which showed that the South African people highly affirm and appreciate President Xi’s great contribution to promoting South Africa-China friendship.
The South African side hopes to strengthen the synergy between its own development strategy and China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and continue to deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields. South Africa highly appreciates China’s contribution to safeguarding the interests of developing countries and promoting world peace, and hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation with China in multilateral mechanisms such as BRICS, Mashatile added.
Wang Yi attended the meeting.
Liu Jianchao Meets with Paul Mashatile, Deputy President of the ANC and Deputy President of South Africa at Request
Beijing, November 6th (IDCPC) — Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with Paul Mashatile, Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa and Deputy President of South Africa at request.
Mashatile said that he was very pleased to visit China upon invitation and congratulated on the successful opening of the 6th China International Import Expo. During this visit to China, he fully exchanged views with Chinese leaders and reached broad consensus on strengthening relations between the two countries. The ANC of South Africa attaches great importance to its relations with the CPC and thanks the CPC for the long-term support and assistance to the ANC. Currently, the African continent, including South Africa, are facing many new challenges. The ANC is willing to strengthen exchanges on state governance and administration with the CPC, learn experience and practices in strengthening party building from the CPC, be more people-oriented, listen to the people, and understand and serve the people’s needs, so as to better realize the Party’s purposes and goals. The ANC is willing to work with the CPC to help the two countries strengthen cooperation in energy and other fields, reinforce coordination in international affairs, and promote stronger development of relations between the two countries.
Liu said, in August this year, President Xi Jinping went to South Africa to attend the 15th BRICS Summit and pay a state visit to South Africa. He and President Cyril Ramaphosa reached important consensus on further deepening China-South Africa comprehensive strategic partnership, charting the course for the development of China-South Africa relations under the new situation. The Chinese side is willing to work with the South African side to further consolidate traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, continue to firmly support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests, constantly push China-South Africa all-round cooperation to new levels, and better safeguard the strategic, security and development interests of the two countries.
Liu said, currently, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, with increasing uncertainties, instability, and unpredictable factors. The CPC and the ANC, as the ruling parties of respective countries, should strengthen unity and cooperation and work together to deal with risks and challenges on the way forward. The CPC and the ANC have always supported and helped each other. The CPC is willing to work with the South African side to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two Parties and the two countries, strengthen strategic communication, continue the momentum of high-level exchanges, deepen experience exchange in state governance and administration, and promote practical cooperation in various fields, strengthen exchanges between various counterpart departments, enrich the connotation of exchanges, and enhance cooperation under the frameworks such as the BRICS Political Parties Plus Dialogue, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Global South, so as to achieve common prosperity and development.
Li Mingxiang Meets with Bonginkosi Emmanuel “Blade” Nzimande, Chairperson of SACP and Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Beijing, November 3rd (IDCPC) — Li Mingxiang, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, met here today with a delegation led by Bonginkosi Emmanuel “Blade” Nzimande, Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP), and Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology.
Li said, under the joint guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, China-South Africa relations have entered a “golden era.” The Chinese side is willing to work with the South African side to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two countries, further strengthen cooperation between the two countries in all fields, deepen inter-party exchanges and mutual learning, and jointly promote the continuous development of the comradely and brotherly relationship between China and South Africa.
Nzimande thanked the CPC for its long-term and selfless support to the SACP and expected to continuously deepen friendly cooperation with the CPC in various fields, learn experience in state governance and administration from the CPC, promote the development of relations between the two countries, and benefit the two countries and the two peoples.
