China has received the largest assistance efforts to Africa in its history. It has been 70 years since 1956. The continuous investment has exceeded one trillion yuan.

Even in the "great famine" period of the 1960s and the 1970s, the assistance to Africa was not interrupted. We would rather tie our belts than make our African friends hungry. It can be said that China is Africa's best friend. Is it so much investment in Africa? What benefits will it bring to China?

 Many people don't understand, saying that if the money is used to improve the people's livelihood in China, then it may enable more people to live a better life. In fact, the state has its own reason in its behavior. Our assistance to Africa over the years has at least the following benefits:

 First, it adds international partners to us. The world is not isolated, and no one country can exist independently. No matter how strong China is, it needs to cooperate with other countries. But in today's capitalist world. The European and American countries are not the best partners. So throughout the world, the only thing we can win for is Africa. It's always impossible to win over the penguins in Antarctica.

 In the 1970s, the reason why China was able to return to the United Nations was mainly based on the support of African countries. Chairman Mao all said that we were carried into the United Nations by our little brothers from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

 Second, it has promoted the economic complementarity between the two sides. Africa is rich in natural resources, which are all in short supply in China. China's assistance to Africa is mainly focused on infrastructure construction and helping it to rationally develop these natural resources. China is Africa's largest trading partner. Only in 2022. The total trade between China and Africa alone exceeds us $170 billion.

 Third, China's aid to Africa is not directly giving money. Most of the aid is in the form of loans to buy Chinese goods. With China's economy and trade, so in fact, the money we helped him is still used to buy our own goods, which promotes the development of the domestic economy.

 Fourth, China's aid to Africa is not only focused on the economic aspects. Other assistance, such as personnel training, technology transfer, military support, which are very helpful to Africa. It also tests the results of our own development. For example, the Chinese army has not fought a war for decades. But the African army, which we help to train, is invincible in Africa. One of them is Tanzania, known as the African Liberation Army.

Fifth, it is conducive to establishing China's image as a great country. Throughout history. The rise of any great power is inevitable. Strong assistance to other countries. For example, the Marshall Plan of the United States in the 1950s, the Soviet Union's economic aid and socialist countries.