China's Vice Commerce Minister Wei Jianguo on Sunday evening
signed memorandum of understanding respectively with four African
ministers from Algeria, Sudan, the Central African Republic and
Sierra Leone on acknowledgment of China's full market economy
status.
The four ministers are Algerian Minister of Higher Education and
Scientific Research Rachid Harraoubia, Sudanese Minister of Finance
Al-Zobeir Ahmed Hassan, Foreign Minister of the Central African
Republic Come Zoumara and Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone Momodu
Koroma.
They believed that since its reform and opening-up, China has
made remarkable achievements in building the market economy system,
and therefore, the four governments acknowledged China's full
market economy status.
Wei appreciated their acknowledgment. He said Chinese President
Hu Jintao has announced China's measures in
stepping up cooperation with Africa and China will sincerely
implement these plans to help African countries to enhance their
own developing capacities.
China is willing to expand economic cooperation with African
countries so as to achieve the goal of common prosperity, Wei
said.
So far, 13 African countries have granted China the full market
economy status.
(Xinhua News Agency November 6, 2006)