Sailing the Giant Ship of China-South Africa Friendship and Cooperation Toward Greater Success
中华人民共和国主席 习近平
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
（来源：英文巴士）
应拉马福萨总统邀请，我即将对南非共和国进行国事访问并出席金砖国家领导人第十五次会晤。这是我第六次踏上“彩虹之国”的热土。这里诞生过伟大的政治家曼德拉，拥有非洲最丰富的旅游资源、最长的公路网、最大的证券交易所、最繁忙的机场和港口。古老和现代、自然和人文的完美融合，赋予南非独特的魅力。
At the invitation of President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, I will soon make a state visit to the Republic of South Africa and attend the 15th BRICS Summit. It will be my sixth visit to the promising land of the “rainbow nation”. South Africa is home to the great statesman Nelson Mandela, and it boasts the richest tourist resources, the longest road network, the biggest securities exchange, and the busiest airports and harbors in Africa. The country exudes unique charm with the perfect amalgam of the ancient and the modern, and of nature and culture.
每次来到南非，我都有不同的感受，但印象最深的是两国亲如兄弟的友好情谊。我们的友谊跨越时间长河。早在上世纪中叶，中华人民共和国就坚定支持南非人民反对种族隔离的斗争，同非洲人国民大会建立起同志友情。我们的友谊跨越山海阻隔。面对突如其来的新冠疫情，中方率先向南非提供抗疫物资，展现兄弟般的特殊情谊。近期，中方又向南非提供了紧急电力设备支持。建交25年来，中南关系实现从伙伴关系、战略伙伴关系到全面战略伙伴关系的跨越式发展，成为发展中国家最具活力的双边关系之一。中南关系已经步入“黄金时代”，前景光明，未来可期。
Each of my visits to South Africa gave me new impressions. But the deepest is invariably the brotherly sentiments we have toward each other. Our friendship has traversed a long span of time. As early as in the mid-20th century, the newly founded People’s Republic of China lent firm support to the South African people in fighting apartheid, and stood with the African National Congress as comrades and friends. Our friendship has defied the obstacles of mountains and oceans. Facing the sudden onslaught of COVID-19, China was among the first to provide anti-pandemic supplies to South Africa, reaffirming our special brotherhood. More recently, China also provided to the country emergency power equipment. Over the past 25 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, our relationship has achieved leapfrog development--from a partnership to a strategic partnership, and then to a comprehensive strategic partnership. It is one of the most vibrant bilateral relations in the developing world. Our relationship has entered a “golden era”, enjoying broad prospects and a promising future.
近年来，我同拉马福萨总统通过互访、会晤、通话、函电等方式保持密切沟通，共话合作，共谋发展，共迎挑战，战略互信不断加深。我们在涉及彼此核心利益和重大关切问题上坚定相互支持，在重大国际和地区问题上保持协作，践行真正的多边主义，推动国际秩序朝着更加公正合理的方向发展。
In recent years, President Ramaphosa and I have maintained close communication through visits, meetings, phone calls and letters. We jointly explore cooperation opportunities, pursue development, and stand up to common challenges. Our strategic mutual trust has been deepening steadily. We give each other firm support on issues involving our respective core interests and major concerns, and maintain coordination on major international and regional issues. We work together to practice true multilateralism and push for the building of a more just and equitable international order.
南非是第一个同中国签署共建“一带一路”合作文件的非洲国家，连续13年成为中国在非洲第一大贸易伙伴，是中国在非洲投资存量最多的国家之一。两国合作的蛋糕越做越大，南非葡萄酒、如意博士茶、芦荟胶成为中国的网红商品。一大批中国企业在南非拓展业务、回馈社会，“南非制造”的中国品牌汽车和家电深受当地消费者喜爱，走进南非千家万户。南非企业也纷纷投资充满商机的中国市场，为中国经济发展作出积极贡献。
South Africa was the first African country to sign the Belt and Road cooperation document with China. It has been China’s biggest trading partner in Africa for 13 years in a row, as well as one of the African countries with the largest stock of Chinese investment. The pie of bilateral cooperation is getting bigger. South Africa’s wines, rooibos tea, and aloe vera gels are trending products in China. Many Chinese companies are expanding their operation and at the same time taking more social responsibilities in South Africa. Automobiles and home appliances with Chinese brands yet made in South Africa are very popular among local consumers, and are now owned by numerous South African households. South African companies are also racing to invest in the Chinese market to seize the abundant business opportunities, and they have made important contribution to China’s economic growth.
南非乌班图思想倡导“仁爱、共享”，同中国儒家“仁民爱物、天下大同”理念不谋而合。我曾于2015年参加南非“中国年”活动，见证了中南互办国家年的可喜成果。今年4月，德班理工大学孔子学院的师生用中文给我写信，表达对中华文化的喜爱，感谢中国为非洲青年追求梦想提供宝贵机会，让我感到十分亲切。丰富多彩的人文交流有力促进民心相通，使两国友好薪火相传。
South Africa’s Ubuntu philosophy advocates compassion and sharing. It resonates well with the values of Confucianism – “love the people and all beings and seek harmony among all nations”. In 2015, I participated in the Year of China activities in South Africa, and witnessed the gratifying achievements of our Year of China/South Africa programs. Last April, the faculty and students of the Confucius Institute at Durban University of Technology wrote me a letter in Chinese, expressing their fondness for the Chinese culture and thanking China for the valuable opportunities provided to young Africans chasing their dreams. I find it very heart-warming. Indeed, these vibrant people-to-people exchanges enhance the empathy between our peoples, and enable our friendship to be passed down from generation to generation.
站在新的历史起点上，中南关系已经超越双边范畴，具有越来越重要的全球影响。我期待通过这次访问，同拉马福萨总统一道，擘画中南全面战略伙伴关系新篇章。
The China-South Africa relationship is standing at a new historical starting point. It has gone beyond the bilateral scope and carries increasingly important global influence. During my forthcoming visit, I look forward to working with President Ramaphosa to chart the plan for a new chapter of our comprehensive strategic partnership.
中南要做志同道合的同行者。“交得其道，千里同好；固于胶漆，坚于金石。”我们要加强治国理政经验交流，坚定支持对方自主探索符合本国国情的现代化道路，不畏强权霸道，守望相助，推动中南关系在国际风云变幻中砥砺前行。
China and South Africa should be fellow companions sharing the same ideals. As an ancient Chinese saying goes, “A partnership forged with the right approach defies distance; it is thicker than glue and stronger than metal and rock.” We need to increase our experience sharing on governance, and firmly support each other in independently exploring a path to modernization that suits our respective national conditions. We should fear no hegemony, and work with each other as real partners to push forward our relations amid the changing international landscape.
中南要做团结合作的引领者。经济互补性强、合作基础牢固是我们携手共进的最大优势。我们要加强发展战略对接，做大做强基础设施建设、数字经济、科技创新、能源转型等领域合作，让发展成果更多惠及两国人民。中方欢迎更多南非商品进入中国市场，鼓励更多中国企业赴南非投资兴业，支持南非未来5年吸引外资再翻番的计划。
China and South Africa should be pacesetters for solidarity and cooperation. We will succeed because of our biggest strengths in high economic complementarity and the solid foundation for cooperation. We need to further synergize development strategies, promote stronger cooperation in infrastructure, digital economy, scientific and technological innovation and energy transition, and ensure that more people of our two countries will benefit from the development outcomes. China welcomes more South African products to its market, and encourages more Chinese companies to invest and do business in South Africa as an effort of support for South Africa’s target to double its inbound investment over the next five-year period.
中南要做中非友好的传承者。我们要发挥两国人文交流全方位、多层次、机制化发展优势，继续推动文化、旅游、教育、体育、媒体、高校、地方、青年等领域交流合作，让中非友好合作精神在中国和非洲的广袤大地上进一步传承和发扬。
China and South Africa should be inheritors of China-Africa friendship. We need to leverage the all-round, multi-tiered and institutionalized mechanisms for people-to-people exchanges between our two countries, and continue to advance exchanges and cooperation in culture, tourism, education, sports, media, universities, sub-national governments and the youth. We must keep the spirit of China-Africa friendship and cooperation as alive and strong as ever across the vast lands of China and Africa.
中南要做共同利益的捍卫者。当今世界需要的是和平，不是冲突；渴望的是协作，不是对抗。中南作为“全球南方”天然成员，更要团结一致，共同呼吁扩大发展中国家在国际事务中的话语权和影响力，加快推动国际金融机构改革，共同反对单边制裁和“小院高墙”，携手维护我们的共同利益。
China and South Africa should be champions of our common interests. What the world needs today is peace, not conflict; what the world wants is coordination, not confrontation. China and South Africa, as natural members of the Global South, should all the more work together to appeal for greater voice and influence of developing countries in international affairs, promote accelerated reform of international financial institutions, and oppose unilateral sanctions and the “small yard, high fence” approach. We should jointly safeguard our common interests.
我这次来到南非的另一项重要议程是出席金砖国家领导人会晤，这是金砖峰会第三次走进非洲这片充满活力和希望的大陆。我清晰地记得，在风光旖旎的海南三亚，南非首次以正式成员身份参加金砖大家庭聚会。12年来，南非为金砖合作机制发展作出重要贡献，推动金砖合作成色更足、影响更大。现在，越来越多的国家希望叩开“金砖之门”、参与金砖合作，充分展现金砖合作机制的强大生命力和影响力。中方愿同金砖伙伴一道，秉持开放包容、合作共赢的金砖精神，凝聚在重大问题上的共识，发扬独立自主的外交传统，坚定捍卫国际公平正义，推动国际社会重新聚焦发展问题，引领金砖合作机制在全球治理体系中发挥更加重要的作用，发出更加响亮的金砖之声。
The BRICS Summit is another important agenda during my visit to South Africa. This is the third time for the Summit to take place on this continent brimming with vibrancy and hope. I still have vivid memories of the Summit in the picturesque Sanya, China’s Hainan Province, when South Africa made the formal debut as a member of the BRICS family. Over the past 12 years, South Africa has made important contributions to the development of BRICS cooperation mechanism, further substantiating BRICS cooperation and extending its influence. Now more and more countries are knocking on the door of BRICS, aspiring to join our cooperation. This is a testament to the vitality and influence of the BRICS cooperation mechanism. China is ready to work with fellow BRICS partners to act on the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, build consensus on important issues, carry forward our tradition of independent diplomacy, and resolutely uphold international equity and justice. We will urge the international community to refocus on development issues, promote a greater role by the BRICS cooperation mechanism in global governance, and make the voice of BRICS stronger.
今年是我提出真实亲诚对非政策理念10周年。10年来，中非双方在构建新时代中非命运共同体的道路上携手同行，非洲疾控中心、塞内加尔方久尼大桥、肯尼亚机场快速路、蒙内铁路等一大批项目竣工移交，中非友好的声音回荡在中非广袤大地和山水之间。
It has been ten years since I put forth “sincerity, real results, amity and good faith” as the principles for China to develop its relations with Africa. The past decade has witnessed our joint pursuit of a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era, and the completion and handover of a host of projects including the Africa CDC Headquarters, the Foundiougne Bridge in Senegal, the Nairobi Expressway and the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, renewing China-Africa friendship across the vast lands of China and Africa.
面对百年变局，中非关系行得稳、中非合作搞得好，全球发展就有更多新动能，世界就有更多稳定性。这是28亿中非人民肩负的国际责任和历史使命。我们将举办中非领导人对话会。我愿同非洲领导人一道，推动更多积极、有效、可持续的发展举措在非洲落地，拓展在农业、制造业、新能源、数字经济等领域合作，助力非洲实现经济一体化、工业化和农业现代化。中方将继续推动非盟加入二十国集团在今年取得实质性进展，期待非洲国家和非盟在国际和地区事务中发挥更大作用。
In face of the profound changes unseen in a century, a strong China-Africa relationship and productive China-Africa cooperation will provide more fresh impetus to global development and ensure greater stability of the world. This is an international responsibility and historical mission entrusted to the 2.8 billion Chinese and African peoples. We will convene a China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue. I will work with African leaders to bring more active, effective and sustainable development initiatives to Africa, expand cooperation in agriculture, manufacturing, new energy and digital economy, and facilitate Africa’s economic integration, industrialization and agricultural modernization. China will continue to work for substantive progress in African Union’s joining of the G20 this year, and looks forward to a greater role by African countries and the AU in international and regional affairs.
“潮平两岸阔，风正一帆悬。”展望中南关系下一个25年，双方友好合作的巨轮将扬帆远航，构建新时代中非命运共同体和人类命运共同体的事业必将取得更大成就。
As an ancient Chinese poem goes, “With high tide and tailwind, it is time to sail a smooth ride.” Looking ahead into the next 25 years, the giant ship of China-South Africa friendship and cooperation will sail forward, and we will make even greater progress in the building of a China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era as well as the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
（编辑：杨紫彤）