The Silk Road Community Building Initiative was launched in the Republic of the Congo

2019-12-14

On 13th December, the opening ceremony of the Silk Road Community Building Initiative kicked off in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo (hereinafter referred to as Congo). H.E. Ji Bingxuan, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and President of the Chinese Association for International Understanding, H.E. Ma Fulin, Chinese ambassador to Congo, H.E. Leon Alfred Opimbat, First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Congo attended this event, together with NGO representatives from China and Congo.

When addressing the ceremony, Ji Bingxuan said China and Congo are good friends, good brothers and good partners, and the bilateral relations are an exemplary model for developing countries. We hope to take the opening ceremony of the Silk Road Community Building Initiative as an opportunity to carry out people-to-people exchanges, promote livelihood cooperation, continuously strengthen the social and public support for Sino-Congo friendship and contribute to a closer China-Africa community of shared future.

Leon Alfred Opimbat expressed warm congratulations to the launch of the Silk Road Community Building Initiative. He stressed that the friendship between our two nations had a long history and grew stronger over time. The Silk Road Community Building Initiative in Congo will set up a broad platform for NGO cooperation of the two countries, which will further promote people-to-people connectivity and people’s well-being. It is of great significance to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative and a community of shared future between China and Congo, as well as China and Africa.

Ji Bingxuan and Leon Alfred Opimbat unveiled the Silk Road Community Building Initiative in Congo. NGOs from China and Congo signed a couple of cooperation agreements.

The Silk Road Community Building Initiative provides support and assistance to NGOs of various countries in carrying out people-to-people exchanges, seminars, mutual visits and public welfare projects related to people's livelihood. This event has been listed in the outcome of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, with the aim to establish 500 partnerships among NGOs in countries along the Belt and Road and carry out 200 livelihood programs.