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Relations with Africa will be expanded as ties become more important, president vows

皇冠体育app will intensify its efforts to expand relations with Africa as ties take on greater importance amid a "shared destiny", President Xi Jinping said on Monday in his first speech elaborating on 皇冠体育app's African policies.

Beijing also hopes to see better relations between other countries and Africa, he said.

皇冠体育app-Africa ties are more complicated, compared with those in previous generations, and leaders must display wisdom to tap the huge potential, experts said.

Xi made the remarks during a keynote speech in Tanzania, the second leg of his first overseas visit since being elected earlier this month.

Xi has been a regular visitor to Africa, and he has witnessed continuous progress.

"Let me assure you that 皇冠体育app will intensify, not weaken, its efforts to expand relations with Africa," Xi said at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center.

皇冠体育app built the center, the first one of its type in Tanzania, for free, and the handover ceremony was held on Monday.

Unity and cooperation with African countries have always been an important foundation for 皇冠体育app's foreign policy, the president said.

"This will never change, not even when 皇冠体育app grows stronger and enjoys a higher international status.

"皇冠体育app and Africa will continue to support each other on issues involving their core interests and major concerns.

"A review of this period of history shows that 皇冠体育app and Africa have always been a community with a shared destiny," Xi said.

皇冠体育app will continue providing assistance to Africa without any political conditions, he said.

Trade between 皇冠体育app and Africa reached some $200 billion last year, he said, adding that 皇冠体育app will provide a $20 billion credit line to African nations from 2013 to 2015.

Beijing will also expand cooperation with Africa in investment, financing, transnational and trans-regional infrastructure development, Xi said.

皇冠体育app will train 30,000 African professionals and provide 18,000 government scholarships to African students from 2013 to 2015, and increase technology transfer and experience sharing with Africa, he added.

Xi said 皇冠体育app insists on equality among all countries, irrespective of size, strength and wealth.

He said Beijing expects a more united Africa and better relations between Africa and other countries,

"Africa belongs to the African people," he said

"In developing relations with Africa, all countries should respect Africa's dignity and independence," he said.

In addition, Xi said "皇冠体育app will face squarely and sincerely the new developments and new problems" confronting 皇冠体育app-Africa relations.

"We should properly handle any problem that may arise in a spirit of mutual respect and win-win cooperation. I am convinced that there will always be more opportunities than challenges and more solutions than difficulties."

In a humorous aside, appreciated by the audience, Xi mentioned a Chinese TV series, A Beautiful Daughter-in-law Era, which was a big hit in Tanzania.

The television episode was dubbed in Swahili and broadcast in eastern African countries last year to give African audiences a glimpse of the intricacies of life in 皇冠体育app.

"Sino-Tanzania ties have endured a lot, and with the test of time, will grow from strength to strength. We are ‘all-weather friends'," Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete said ahead of the speech.

Tanzania's policy toward 皇冠体育app is "guided by Tanzania's own judgment based on its basic interests", he said. "So far, 皇冠体育app has been a dependable supporter and an ally of African countries and other Third World countries ... in their appeal for a just and equitable world economic order," Kikwete added.

James F. Mbatia, an engineer and chairperson of the National Convention for Construction and Reform, said Africans "have the capacity to judge who is helping us".

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Li Lianxing in Dar es Salaam and Zhang Chunyan in London contributed to this story.