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The China International Import Expo (CIIE), hailed as “an innovation in the history of global trade,” opened its third edition in this Chinese trade hub on Wednesday. As the world’s first import-themed national-level expo, the CIIE embodies China’s solemn promise to opening-up, and epitomizes its firm commitment to supporting economic …

Commerce between China, participating economies up by 1.5% to $1.01 trillion Win-win cooperation and rising development opportunities have become the hallmarks of the Belt and Road Initiative－and ample proof can be found in the steady growth in trade and investment flows between China and the participating economies in the past …

What you need to know: China and Africa have since cooperated in research and local production of PPEs, medical equipment and medicines.  China’s charities and private sector have also joined the trail, giving medical supplies and donations to Africa. Undoubtedly, the Covid-19 pandemic is unfolding as the worst global health emergency …

The Nairobi based Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) launched a digital platform to enhance access to climate information among key players in the cereals’ value chain. A statement from EAGC released in Nairobi said the launch of Climate Information for Grains (Ci4G) tool will strengthen the response to extreme weather …

Many around the world, especially in the United States, are still trapped in a benighted, primitive and perniciously toxic superstition that, of all the available choices, a democratic free market system is the best and most moral form of government.  But 40 years of reform in China have shown that …

By Stephen Ndegwa The sixth BRICS Parliamentary Forum, currently under Russia’s chairmanship, will take place on October 27. Due to social distancing rules and international travel challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the conference is being held via videoconferencing. The forum’s theme is “BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has galvanized the development of more than 120 health technology innovations that have been piloted or adopted in Africa, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds. The study of 1000 new or modifications of existing technologies that have been developed worldwide to target different areas of …

– The struggling world economy is now facing a hard and unpredictable path to recovery amid a raging pandemic, and economic globalization is riding into strong headwinds amid rising trade protectionism and isolationism worldwide. – In this age of expanding global connectivity, the future of all countries are bonded together. …

Digital technology has played a key role in China’s effective anti-pandemic work and Africa is following China’s lead, experts said Wednesday during an online conference to discuss how China’s digital technology can assist Africa’s COVID-19 fight. China actively encourages medical institutions and private companies to participate in establishing global anti-epidemic …

Underpinning the ‘Africa rising’ narrative, the once touted ‘dark continent’ is now emerging as the new frontier and hub of manufacturing. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, during the FOCAC summit in Beijing, China had already set the stage for Africa as a new frontier of manufacturing and industrialization. This was witnessed when …