人们常说金秋十月是收获的季节。那么今年十月在北京举行的中非合作论坛——2000年部长级会议,就是我们耕耘了几十年的中非友谊果园结出的一颗硕果。的确,中国政府和中国领导人十分重视中非合作论坛。江泽民主席亲自向非洲领导人介绍会议的筹备情况,派遣外交部的高级官员赴非洲磋商,而且在会议召开之前,我 People often say that golden autumn is the season of harvest. Then the China-Africa Cooperation Forum held in Beijing in October this year, the 2000 Ministerial Meeting, is the fruit of the Sino-African friendship orchard we worked for several decades. Indeed, the Chinese government and Chinese leaders attach great importance to the China-Africa Cooperation Forum. President Jiang Zemin personally briefed African leaders on preparations for the meeting, dispatched senior officials of the Foreign Ministry to consult with Africa, and before the meeting, I