Yuqing: Nigeria-China Cooperation Will Be Deepened in 2024    

Kayode Tokede

The Chinese Consul General in Lagos, Ms Yan Yuqing, has said 2024 would be a crucial year for win-win cooperation between China and Nigeria.

Yuqing said that she would be working with all walks of life in Nigeria to deepen the cooperation with China through economic and trade cooperation, subnational communication and cultural exchanges. 

She made this known in her New Year message titled, “Fruitful 2023 Ushers in the Promising 2024.”

She said that 2023 was a year of in-depth development of China-Nigeria relationship, adding that Nigeria was a pilot country for China-Africa cooperation in building the BRI. 

“China is Africa’s largest trading partner, contributing more than 20per cent to Africa’s economic growth; by 2022, China-Africa trade reached USD 282 billion, accounting for 20per cent of Africa’s total foreign trade. China’s FDI stock in Africa exceeds $47 billion, 1.8 times the 2013 figure. 

“China firmly supports African countries in exploring development paths suited to their own conditions, cooperates with African countries in poverty reduction, and promotes the modernization of African agriculture. 

“China has built more than a dozen of Luban workshops in Africa, vigorously promoting the development and innovation of vocational education in Africa. China has built 25 economic and trade cooperation zones with Nigeria and other African countries to promote industrialization in Africa, “she added.