African countries want China to shift focus from infrastructure construction to local industrialisation – diplomat
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African countries want China to shift focus from infrastructure construction to local industrialisation – diplomat
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African countries want China to shift focus from infrastructure construction to local industrialisation – diplomat

 

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African countries want China to shift its focus from building infrastructure on the continent to local industrialisation, China’s top Africa diplomat said on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South Africa.

“African integration is already escalating and many African countries (have) asked China to consider (a) shift (of) our focus,” Wu Peng, director-general of China’s department of African affairs at its foreign ministry, said.

Wu said the “urgent” discussion of “emergency issues” couldn’t wait until the next Forum for China-Africa Cooperation, a regular meeting between Chinese and African ministers due to take place next year.