Director of Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China's anti epidemic material don

Original title: Director of the Africa Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China's anti epidemic material donation has achieved full coverage in Africa
China News Agency, Wuzhen, September 26 (reporter Liu Yuying) - Wu Peng, director of the Africa Department of the Chinese Ministry of foreign affairs, shared on the 26th how to tell a good Chinese story in Africa. He said that China has achieved full coverage of all African countries in the process of donating anti epidemic materials.
During the Wuzhen summit of the 2021 World Internet Conference, Wu Peng made the above remarks when attending the "global epidemic resistance and international communication" forum hosted by China News Agency on the 26th.
Wu Peng pointed out that in February this year, China's domestic vaccine injection rate was still very low. In the spirit of humanitarianism, China has carried out vaccine assistance to African countries. However, in the international community, especially some media, they always question the original intention of China's donation, and even call it "vaccine diplomacy".
"In my daily work, indeed, I only consider who put forward the vaccine demand, whether there is access to China's vaccine, whether I have the ability to find such resources, and do not consider other geopolitical factors." Wu Peng said that such an answer will not be reported by the media of the internationally famous news agency that interviewed him.
For the so-called questions, such as vaccine diplomacy, debt trap and the theory of losing money in doing business with China, Wu Peng said, "I don't think we need to care too much". What China does in Africa is visible and tangible, rather than staying in promises and slogans like some countries.
"China does its own thing well, which doesn't mean that it can be discredited." Wu Peng said that in Africa, for example, more than half of the wireless websites and broadband networks are built by China, and China's optical fiber laying mileage in Africa is 200000 kilometers.
Another example is coal power in Africa. The west always attacks China for developing coal power in Africa. Wu Peng said that China has only two coal power projects in Zimbabwe and South Africa in Africa, and before 2019, China has not participated in any coal power projects in Africa after 2020.
To tell Chinese stories well, we should also tell African stories well. Wu Peng said that in fact, China also has a big misunderstanding about Africa. It thinks that China is only throwing money in Africa and is only a unilateral aid. In fact, this is not the case.
"Imagine that China has nearly one million Chinese people and 4000 large-scale enterprises in Africa. If they are not driven by economic interests, how can they work there?" Wu Peng said that China has been Africa's largest trading partner for 12 consecutive years.
"We should really tell the facts on social media through everyone's efforts," said Wu Peng. It doesn't mean that everything in China is so beautiful in Africa. We have our shortcomings, but it's a "worry" in the process of growth. (end)