Now, we should take concrete steps and effective measures to implement what has been agreed upon at this Forum. Over the years, the bilateral trade between China and African countries has been growing steadily, but its total volume is not big enough. We all need to further open our markets, remove tariff and non-tariff barriers and create better market access conditions for each other. The Chinese Government will encourage Chinese enterprises to give preference to African goods in its import when all other conditions being equal and the in the light of the demand on its domestic market with a view to a trade balance between China and Africa. Vigorously develop investment co-operation.
African businesses are also sincerely welcome to invest and operate in China.
Both sides should try to foster a sound investment environment. China never attaches any political string to its assistance to Africa or seeks any political privilege in doing so. With the deepening of the reform of the modality of its foreign assistance and an increase in its economic strength, China will offer better terms for its concessional loans and improve the mechanism of its assistance to Africa under the new situation to make its assistance better serve the need of the development of the African countries concerned. Apart from China's efforts to increase and improve its assistance, the effective coordination of African countries is also necessary for the assistance to generate greater economic and social benefits. Expand the co-operation in various fields.