6.2.7 The two sides will support holding a China-Africa Forum of Law School Deans,
encourage and assist Chinese and African universities in jointly building China-Africa
legal research centers and training bases for legal professionals, and increase research
on legal systems related to cooperation between China and Africa on the Belt and Road
Initiative as well as on digital economy, smart cities, clean energy, 5G and other new
business forms.
7. Green Development
7.1 Ecological Protection and Climate Response
7.1.1 The two sides are both committed to establishing and improving an economic
system for green, low-carbon and circular development, actively participating in global
environmental governance, and jointly tackling climate change. The two sides will
continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation on ecological protection, maritime
cooperation, desertification prevention and treatment, and the protection of wildlife.
7.1.2 The two sides will support tapping into the role of the China-Africa Environmental
Cooperation Center, and advance environmental cooperation through, among others,
more policy exchanges and dialogue, closer exchanges and cooperation on
environmental industry and technological information, and joint research on
environmental issues. China will establish a China-Africa marine science and blue
economy cooperation center.
7.1.3 China will undertake 10 green development, environmental protection and climate
action assistance projects for Africa, and support the development of the Great Green
Wall.
7.1.4 China will work with Africa to continue to implement the China-Africa Green Envoys
Program, the China-Africa Green Innovation Program and others, build low-carbon
demonstration zones and climate adaptation demonstration zones in Africa, set up a
China-Africa geoscience cooperation center, establish capacity building partnerships in
such areas as climate response, biodiversity conservation, pollution prevention and
control, and sustainable infrastructure, and help ensure that the outcomes of China-Africa
cooperation on green and low-carbon development benefit the lives of people in the
region.
7.1.5 China will continue to deepen practical cooperation with African countries under the
framework of South-South cooperation on climate change and the Belt and Road Initiative
as well as support African countries to strengthen climate change response so that the
two sides can jointly tackle the global challenge of climate change. China supports the
African Agriculture Adaptation (AAA) and Sustainability Stability and Security (SSS)
initiatives.
7.1.6 The two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation on the application of satellite
remote-sensing technology in the field of natural resources. China will propose satellite
remote-sensing Cloud services to more African countries.
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