China and Kenya have sustained a long term stable relationship for many years. The last decade, under President Hu Jintao and Mwai Kibaki has seen our friendship and cooperation achieve historical heights. As the two leaders leave the centre stage for the new leadership, it is important to maintain and enhance this relationship to achieve our common development objectives. As Kenyans wait to elect the new president in three months time, the new Chinese leader has already expressed his intention to maintain the continuity of its policies while adjusting its relations with Africa and developing countries to achieve further success in our cooperative development.
In the last ten years, since 2002 when Hu Jintao assumed leadership of the CPC, China seized and made the most of the period of strategic opportunities for its development. The party managed to substantially increase China’s influence worldwide through taking an active part in international issues and playing a constructive role in International affairs. China now conducts extensive international cooperation in every field, supports the reform of United Nations, supports the world to meet the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations and jointly with all countries together, addresses global challenges such as terrorism, climate change and energy security.
As the second largest single economy, through achieving steady growth, adjusting the economic structure and improving industrialization, information and communication, urbanization and modernization of agriculture, China has become the engine of the global economy. The last ten years have seen China's import volume rise by 470% and export rise by 490%, which made China the largest exporter and second largest importer.
China has become an important country with significant influence globally and its leadership transition is set to impact the whole world in different ways. Its development has created more business opportunities to other countries and boosted the recovery of global economy. The fact that China cannot develop in isolation from the rest of the world, nor can the world enjoy prosperity and stability without China, prompted President Kibaki to improve relations to achieve our common development objectives.
Over the last ten years that the two leaders have been in power, China and Kenya have established a long-term stable and mutually-beneficial relationship, featured with close contacts and friendly exchanges at all levels as well as fruitful cooperation. They have established bilateral exchanges and cooperation on trade, infrastructure, energy, medical service, culture, education, technology, tourism and other areas.
China and Kenya have a lot to share. There are many potential areas of substantial cooperation that can be exploited. For Instance, our agricultural cooperation has a lot of potential and a promising future. China's investment to Kenya has played a big role in promoting Kenya’s’ development and it is expected that the new leadership that will take charge of the country in March 2012 will take this into account. We expect that the pace of comprehensive cooperation with China will be strengthened and accelerated as we embark on a new period of cooperative development under a new set of leadership. Kenya needs China to support Kenya’s economic and social development as it strives to fulfill its economic and development goals set in the plan of Vision 2030. With the same cooperation from the two sides, our relationship will even grow faster and deeper, bringing more benefits to the people of both countries.
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