As summer brings vigorous vitality to all things, the world today is plagued by turbulent situations and frequent conflicts, making peace and development the common aspiration of all countries. Recently, China has witnessed a major diplomatic upsurge. Within a single week, it hosted state visits by the Presidents of the United States and Russia. The two historic head-of-state meetings have attracted global attention. These diplomatic interactions highlight the prevailing trend of dialogue, cooperation and mutual benefit, inject stability into a volatile world, and bring new cooperation opportunities for developing countries including Nigeria.
The China-U.S. head-of-state meeting has milestone significance, reshaping a new model for major-country interactions. From May 13 to 15, Chinese and U.S. leaders conducted in-depth cross-Pacific consultations and reached key consensus, establishing a new positioning for a constructive and strategically stable China-U.S. relationship. Rejecting zero-sum games and bloc confrontation, both sides commit to building a new type of major-country relationship featuring proactive cooperation, orderly competition, manageable differences and enduring peace. Both sides acknowledge that China and the U.S. share deeply intertwined interests. Confrontation will lead to a lose-lose situation, while pragmatic cooperation delivers benefits to both nations and the wider world.
The meeting delivered a host of pragmatic cooperation outcomes to bolster global economic and trade recovery. The two sides agreed to set up two special councils on trade and investment, focusing on agricultural product market access, reciprocal tariff reductions and expanded two-way trade, while advancing exchanges in diplomacy, agriculture, cultural tourism, people-to-people exchanges, law enforcement and other fields. Many leading U.S. entrepreneurs joined the presidential delegation, fully recognizing China’s market value and reinforcing their commitment to deeper cooperation with China. On hotspot issues concerning the Taiwan Strait and the Middle East, China upholds an impartial stance, advocates resolving disputes through dialogue and ending conflicts through peaceful means, and calls for a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire in the Middle East, demonstrating its responsibility as a major country.
The China-Russia head-of-state meeting carries forward longstanding friendship and advances all-round strategic coordination. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership and the 25th anniversary of the signing of the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. The two sides defined four development priorities of “higher quality”, aiming to consolidate political mutual trust, upgrade practical cooperation, deepen people-to-people bonds and strengthen coordination in global governance. Both countries will align development strategies, expand economic and trade channels, and launch the “China-Russia Education Year” to enhance youth exchanges. They will firmly uphold the authority of the United Nations and international fairness and justice, oppose unilateral hegemonism, and contribute to a more just and reasonable global governance system.
The two high-profile meetings vividly testify to China’s commitment to openness and cooperation. More than 20 foreign political figures have visited China since the start of the year. Countries across the world are increasingly engaging with and trusting China, making a “look east” strategy for win-win cooperation a mainstream international trend. Facing a complex and volatile global landscape, China firmly adheres to the vision of peaceful development and win-win cooperation, defuses differences through communication, builds consensus through cooperation, and continuously injects stability and momentum into global development.
The dividends of sound major-country interactions spread worldwide and empower Africa’s development. For Nigeria, the peace and stability fostered by China serves as a solid foundation for its domestic development, and China’s high-level opening-up provides a premium platform for Nigeria to expand foreign trade and revitalize industries. Deepened cooperation between major countries will energize the global economy and create broader space for China-Nigeria cooperation in infrastructure, new energy, artificial intelligence, two-way investment and people-to-people exchanges, boosting Nigeria’s economic upgrading and people’s livelihood improvement.
Going fast alone, going far together. China will steadily expand high-level opening-up and deepen pragmatic cooperation with Nigeria and other African countries. Building on solid China-Africa cooperation foundations and favorable policy dividends, the two sides will further tap cooperation potential in economy and trade, infrastructure, new energy and people-to-people exchanges. We will ensure that the outcomes of major-country dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation benefit people on both sides and write a new chapter of win-win development between China and Africa.
