Over the years, China-Africa cooperation has been forging ahead towards all-round, multi-level, and high-quality development, delivering results across multiple fields, notably in areas of trade, industrialization, agricultural modernization, and capacity building, benefiting billions of people in both China and Africa.

　　As the world's largest developing country and the continent with the highest number of developing countries, China and Africa are charting the course for shared progress and revitalization, facilitating the modernization of the Global South and injecting “Southern“ power into global prosperity and development.

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　　Herman Uwizeyimana, general manager of Fisher Global, a Rwandan agriculture company specializing in chili cultivation and export, made a field trip to examine the vibrant red chili crops near Mulindi Market in Kigali, the country's capital.

　　In 2021, Rwanda began to export dried chili to China, making chili cultivation a key export industry. “When people talk about chili, they often think of China. Everyone knows that our main market is China, and we have many farmers involved,“ he said.

　　Over the past three years, Fisher Global has exported 200-300 tonnes of dried chili to China annually. Bolstered by China's recent zero-tariff policy, Uwizeyimana's goal is to expand exports to 1,500 tonnes per year.

　　Herman Uwizeyimana, a pioneering Rwandan chili farmer with a PhD in ecology from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, checks the growth of chili peppers in a field in Kigali, Rwanda, Dec. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Ji Li)