In order to accurately determine the pandemic trends in Africa and provide intellectual support for the two sides to cooperate in the fight against the epidemic, an international video conference on "Fighting against the novel coronavirus and China-Africa cooperation" co-hosted by the Institute of African Studies of Zhejiang Normal University, the Institute of African Studies of the South African, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies of Nigeria and the Center for China Studies of Nigeria, and a launch event of the six-language “A JOINT PROPOSAL ON AFRICA AND CHINA WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19” was held online.

More than 60 prominent scholars, think tank leaders and media representatives from China and 13 African countries including and South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zambia, and Cameroon, attended the video conference.

The theme of the meeting was "strengthening the capacity of epidemic control and building a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future", the Chinese and African scholars at the meeting had in-depth discussions on three topics "the current situation and trends of the novel coronavirus in Africa", "China-Africa exchanges and cooperation of public health" and "enhancing governance capacity and common development", giving suggestions for China-Africa cooperation in fighting against the pandemic.

The meeting also released “A JOINT PROPOSAL ON AFRICA AND CHINA WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19” which was translated into 6 languages of Chinese, English, French, Arabic, Swahili, and Hausa, and was signed Chinese and African think tank scholars from the Think Tank Forum.

This proposal puts forward specific suggestions and proposals for more effective cooperation between China and Africa in fighting against the pandemic.

It is reported that this proposal will also be translated into Afrikaans and other African native languages. At present, there have been several Africa and China’s mainstream media, websites, the Chinese embassies in the front and African organizations in China saying that they will publish and reprint this proposal and related news.

为准确研判非洲疫情趋势，并为双方合作抗疫提供智力支持，2020年4月17日，由浙江师范大学非洲研究院、南非非洲研究院、尼日利亚国家政策与战略研究所、尼日利亚中国研究中心联合主办的“抗击新冠疫情与中非合作”国际视频会议暨六种语言的《中非紧密团结抗击新冠疫情联合倡议书》发布会在线上举行。

来自中国和南非、尼日利亚、埃及、肯尼亚、马里、坦桑尼亚、索马里、布基纳法索、马达加斯加、埃塞俄比亚、南苏丹、赞比亚、喀麦隆等13个非洲国家的60多位知名学者、智库领袖和媒体代表出席了视频会议。

会议以“提升疫情治理力，打造中非命运共同体”为主题，与会中非学者围绕“非洲新冠疫情现状及趋势”“中非公共卫生交流合作”和“提升治理能力与共同发展”三个议题深入研讨，为中非合作战胜疫情建言献策。

会议还公开发布了中非智库学者共同签署的中、英、法、阿拉伯、斯瓦希里、豪萨六种语言的《中非紧密团结抗击新冠疫情联合倡议书》（A JOINT PROPOSAL ON AFRICA AND CHINA WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19）。

倡议书就中非双方更有效地合作抗疫提出了具体意见和建议。

据悉，该倡议书会后还将翻译成阿非利卡语等非洲本土语言。目前已经有多家非洲和中国的主流媒体、网站、中国驻前方大使馆及非洲驻华机构等表示，将刊发转载倡议书和相关新闻。

(Executive Editor: Ye Ke)