Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong on Tuesday addressed the High-Level Meeting
of African Heads of State and Government and Partners on the Ebola Disease
Outbreak via video link.


Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China
Central Committee, said that the vision of building a community with a shared
future for humanity and a global community of health for all has charted the
course for international cooperation in fighting the pandemic. Noting that China
and Africa have always been a community with a shared future, Liu said China has
provided emergency humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC) and the African Union (AU), and dispatched medical expert teams to
the DRC. Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 Chinese medical professionals who are working
in African countries stand side by side with local people in combating the disease,
he said.


China stands ready to provide more medical support to Africa within the
framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and calls for the

international community to enhance solidarity and cooperation to increase
support for African countries, said Liu. Burundian President and current
Chairperson of the AU Evariste Ndayishimiye chaired the meeting. Heads of state
and government from more than 10 African countries, including South Africa,
Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe, attended the meeting. Representatives from
international and regional organizations such as the World Health Organization
and partners from outside the region also attended. 

Xinhua