Changsha Declaration on China-Africa Solidarity of the Global South

We, the representatives of the People's Republic of China, 53 African countries and the African Union Commission, gathered in Changsha, in accordance with the consensus of the leaders at the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), to comprehensively advance the implementation of the Beijing Declaration on Jointly Building an All-Weather China-Africa Community with a Shared Future for the New Era.

1. We agree that the rise and growth of the Global South represents the trend of the times and the direction of development, and that China and Africa are important components and steadfast forces of the Global South. We call on all countries, especially Global South countries, to work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind, jointly advance high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative. We appreciate the positive significance of jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for safeguarding the solidarity and cooperation of the Global South and upholding multilateralism.

2. We agree that unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying are currently rampant, causing serious difficulties for the economic and social development and livelihood improvement of developing countries including those in Africa, and that these are pressing challenges that Global South countries, including China and Africa, must address.

3. In view of the attempts by certain countries to use tariffs to disrupt the existing international economic and trade order, to the detriment of the common interests of the international community, we call on all countries, especially the United States, to return to the correct track of resolving trade differences through consultation on the basis of equality, respect and mutual benefit. The international community should attach great importance to the economic difficulties and development challenges facing Africa, earnestly increase rather than unilaterally slash development assistance to Africa, and continue to help African countries improve livelihoods, advance poverty reduction and pursue economic and social development.

4. The African side appreciates China's courage and determination in defending international fairness and justice and safeguarding the international economic and trade order. The Chinese side highly appreciates African countries' adherence to the basic principles of sovereignty, fairness and justice and their common position in the face of external pressure. Unilateral compromise cannot buy mutual respect. We firmly oppose any party reaching a compromise deal at the expense of the interests of other countries.

5. We call on the international community to uphold the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, adhere to true multilateralism, jointly oppose unilateralism and protectionism in all forms, safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core and the multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core, and push economic globalization toward greater openness, inclusiveness, balance and benefit for all, creating a trade, investment and financing environment more favorable to the Global South.

6. We will work in unity to consolidate the cornerstone of sovereign equality, uphold the principle that all countries, regardless of size and strength, are equal members of the international community, and resolutely safeguard a just international order. We will continue to firmly defend each other's legitimate rights and interests, stand shoulder to shoulder amid turbulence and change, understand and support each other, steady an uncertain world with the certainty of China-Africa relations, set a benchmark of sincere friendship and equal treatment among Global South countries, and advocate an equal and orderly multipolar world.

7. We will work in unity to support the concepts of open cooperation and mutual benefit, uphold the six propositions on China and Africa jointly advancing modernization, solidly advance the implementation of the ten partnership actions, and support the implementation of the second ten-year plan of the African Union's Agenda 2063. We will build a model of solidarity, cooperation and self-reliant development among Global South countries through jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era, and advocate inclusive economic globalization.

8. China is ready, through the negotiation and signing of agreements on economic partnership for shared development, to implement zero-tariff treatment for 100% of tariff lines for the 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China, with the exception of Eswatini, and welcomes quality African goods into the Chinese market. Building on the announcement at the 2024 Beijing Summit of FOCAC of zero-tariff treatment for 100% of tariff lines for Africa's least developed countries, China will roll out measures for these countries to deepen market access for goods trade, inspection and quarantine, and customs clearance facilitation, and will step up capacity and technical training and the promotion of quality products.

9. China is ready to work with Africa to thoroughly implement the ten partnership actions, especially to strengthen cooperation in key areas such as green industries, e-commerce and payments, science and technology, and artificial intelligence, deepen cooperation in security, finance and the rule of law, and promote the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation.

10. FOCAC has become a model of solidarity and cooperation in the Global South. The List of Outcomes of the Beijing Summit of FOCAC presents in a concentrated, quantified and concrete manner the intensity of implementation of the Summit's outcomes. The two sides will implement the plans set out in the Concept Paper for the 2026 Year of China-Africa People-to-People Exchanges, contributing to the solidarity of the Global South.

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