AfricaPress-Tanzania: The fourth session of the 13th phase of the Chinese People’s Congress opened today in Beijing, with three main agendas which are listening to and discussing government performance reports, discussing the 14th five-year development plan, and a year-round goals guide. 2035.
The talk about government performance basically looks at two things.
The first is the government’s performance in implementing the plans for the previous year, with the Prime Minister talking about China’s achievements in eradicating poverty and economic crisis and COVID-19, and second is the strategies and plans for development for this year and years. next, in particular the 14th five-year development plan.
Given China’s size and economy and how China’s economy is linked to the economies of various countries in the world, almost the entire world is following Prime Minister Li’s report, to find out what China’s plans for this year will mean for their countries, and even for the economy. of the world as a whole.
One of the things the Prime Minister mentioned in his report was about China developing a digital economy.
The prime minister said China would develop a digital economy and make it more modern and provide more opportunities for people around the world. The move comes at a time when the COVID-19 epidemic has brought various challenges to the commercial sector, making it difficult for traders to import and export their products to the Chinese market.
What Prime Minister Li has said has already been implemented and there are several examples where some African embassies in China, used the internet to advertise products in the Chinese market, Tanzania if one of them.
The Ambassador of Tanzania to China Mr. Mbelwa Kairuki praised Prime Minister Li’s speech, saying that Tanzania has already started cooperating with China on internet trade issues, various Chinese companies such as Alibaba (planning to start selling fish and coffee beans) and Jingdong to advertise and sell Tanzanian products on the market of China.
But he also said there are many digital projects in Tanzania that require investment from China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently stated, “The digital economy is the catalyst for the future development of the world” and made various recommendations on global digital governance and the development of a global digital economy. What is being done between Tanzania and Chinese digital companies, is in line with President Xi’s proposals.
The prime minister also spoke of China’s continued openness to its global market, and encouraged jointly building the development of a “One Belt and One Road” brand, launching a global freelance network that opens up to the rest of the world.
Ambassador Kairuki said the successful implementation of the “one zone, one way” proposal is a good opportunity for various countries in terms of investment, and especially in infrastructure.
He said China and Tanzania are already cooperating and expect to cooperate more in the area of infrastructure construction.
He gave an example of the completed project of Kijazi Ubungo Dar es salaam bridge, the expansion of the Dar es salaam port, the construction of a bridge in Kigoma region, as well as a project that is about to start later this year on the central railway section.
The summit will run until the 11th. During this period, economic and diplomatic analysts will closely follow the contents of Prime Minister Li’s entire report, and monitor its implementation plans in the future.
