Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on August 31, 2018

问：我们注意到，30日，美国有线电视网（CNN）网站刊登了题为《中国带来就业机会》的长篇报道，讲述了中国企业在埃塞俄比亚等非洲国家投资兴业，改善当地基础设施建设并为当地人创造大量就业机会的故事。你对此有何评论？ 

　　答：我们注意到有关报道，欢迎CNN等国际媒体客观、公正、平衡地报道中非合作。我注意到CNN这篇文章中提到，麦肯锡公司2017年发布报告，对8个非洲国家的1000多家中国企业进行了调查，发现在这些国家的中国企业有平均89%的雇员是非洲本地人。中国总共为非洲带来了数百万计的工作和就业机会。三分之二的中国企业为当地人提供技能培训，二分之一的中国企业提供实习机会，还有三分之一的中国企业为当地引进了新技术。 

Q: We noted that the CNN website published a report entitled "Employed by China"on August 30, telling how the investment of Chinese enterprises in Africa has improved the local infrastructure and created enormous job opportunities for the local people. What's your comment? 

A: We have noted the relevant report and welcome the objective, unbiased and balanced coverage of China-Africa cooperation by such international media as CNN. It is noted that this article mentioned that a McKinsey report last year, which surveyed more than 1,000 Chinese companies in eight African countries, found that on average 89% of their employees were African. Several million African jobs have been created by China on the continent. Nearly two-thirds of Chinese companies have provided skills training, while half offered apprenticeships, and a third had introduced a new technology for the local community. 

　　事实上，埃塞俄比亚已成为中国援外培训资源的最大受益国之一。今年以来中方已为1200多名埃塞官员、学者和技术人员提供短期培训，预计将有200名埃塞学员获得中国政府学历学位项目奖学金。日前埃塞主流媒体纷纷称赞中国援外培训对埃塞的贡献。在2018年埃塞赴中国援外培训学员联谊会上，埃塞总理阿比称赞中方为中埃两国人力资源合作作出了卓越贡献。联合国开发计划署、世界粮食计划署和联合国儿童基金会等国际组织对中方在埃塞人力资源开发领域的贡献表示钦佩，并表达了同中方合作开展相关人力资源培训的积极意愿。 

　　中埃这些合作成果和亮点只是中非合作宽广海洋中的一朵小小浪花，还有很多生动的故事。比如说，蒙内铁路建设拉动肯尼亚经济增长1.5个百分点，中方为肯尼亚培训了5000多名专业技术工人，创造了4.6万个就业机会。蒙内铁路修成后，货物运输成本下降近80%，带动了沿线区域的发展与繁荣。 

　　中非合作论坛北京峰会即将举行。我们希望也相信，此次峰会必将取得圆满成功和丰硕成果，使中国和非洲国家人民都能感受到中非紧密合作给双方人民带来的福祉。 

In fact, Ethiopia has become one of the biggest beneficiaries of China's foreign training programs. Since this year China has offered short-term training opportunities to over 1,200 Ethiopian officials, scholars and technicians, and 200 Ethiopians are expected to receive scholarships under the Chinese government's program to provide diploma and degree for them. The mainstream media in Ethiopia have commended the contributions China's training programs made to that country. At the 2018 Reunion of China Graduated Ethiopians, Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed commended that China has made outstanding contributions to the human resources cooperation between the two countries. The United Nations Development Program, the World Food Program and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund have all expressed their admiration for China's contributions to Ethiopia's human resources development and their readiness to cooperate with China in providing human resources training to Ethiopia. 

All these China-Ethiopia cooperation outcomes and highlights are just a tiny drop of water in the vast ocean of China-Africa cooperation, and there are far more such impressive cases. For example, the Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi Railway has raised Kenya's economic growth by 1.5 percentage points. China has also trained over 5000 professional technicians and created 46,000 jobs for Kenya. The completion of the railway cuts the costs of transportation for goods by almost 80%, boosting the development and prosperity of regions along the railway. 

The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is just days away. We hope and believe that the Beijing Summit will achieve a full success and fruitful outcomes, enabling Chinese and African people to get the benefits the close China-Africa cooperation delivers to them.