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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
CHANGSHA, June 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for more successful examples of China-Africa cooperation to promote China-Africa friendship and bring hope for independent development and better livelihoods to the African continent.
Wang Yi, also a member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, cited the experience of Gambian agricultural entrepreneur Musa Darboe, who benefited greatly from Chinese hybrid rice technology.
Wang Yi made the remarks on Wednesday during a conversation with Darboe at a reception to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province.
At the reception, M. Darboe shared his experience of how the introduction of hybrid rice cultivation technology developed by Chinese scientist Yuan Longping has significantly increased rice yields in Gambia. According to him, thanks to the help of Chinese agricultural experts in Africa, he has achieved prosperity and his homeland has said goodbye to hunger.
M. Darboe, who brought rice from The Gambia to China as a sign of respect for Yuan Longping, expressed his willingness to learn more about China’s agricultural technology and modernization experience and to promote the deepening and expansion of Gambian-Chinese cooperation.
Wang Yi noted that one of the key priorities of China’s friendship with African countries is to improve the living conditions of ordinary Africans. He assured that China will continue to strive to achieve the common good and common interests, and bring more tangible benefits to the people of the African continent.
Hunan Province is the birthplace of Yuan Longping, a rice scientist who made significant contributions to the development of rice farming in China and is known as the “father of hybrid rice.” Yuan Longping passed away in 2021 at the age of 91. –0–