Rwanda copied China's economic development model and became the star of Africa
Writer： Hengfeng you electric Time：2021-09-23 views：times
When it comes to Rwanda, the most impressive thing should be the "genocide in Rwanda". The armed forces of the Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew the then government in July 1994. After taking power, they set July 4 as Rwanda liberation day every year. It is also because of this massacre that people in Rwanda have learned from it, making Rwanda a rare country in Africa that is clean, efficient, law-abiding, safe, and even can go out for a walk at night.
China and Rwanda established diplomatic relations on November 12, 1971, and Rwanda began to learn from China's economic development since then. Since 2000, Rwanda's hunger index has decreased by more than half, and the problem of hunger is lower than that of North Korea, Pakistan and India. The average age of the death population in Rwanda has been close to 70 in just over 20 years, from less than 35 years old (more than 27 years old) in 1994.
Under the rule of the new Kagame government, Rwanda began a vigorous economic reform:
1. Education literacy campaign
On July 4, 2019, Rwanda held a military parade to celebrate the 25th anniversary of liberation, shouting Chinese slogans. At the 25th anniversary ceremony of the liberation of Rwanda, when Rwandan officers and soldiers were reviewed and passed the rostrum, they shouted the slogan in Chinese: "look right! 1、 Two! ".
2. National anti-corruption and establishing government integrity
The government of Rwanda has established a strong anti-corruption institution - "national anti-corruption Joint Commission", whose member units include the office of the national Ombudsman, the national prosecutor's office, the Supreme Court, the national intelligence and security agency, the national police, the Ministry of local government and the Ministry of justice. There is no possibility of demotion of corrupt officials, and they will never be used again once punished. The government also mobilized the public to participate in the anti-corruption work, encouraged the public to report corruption or provide clues through anonymous letters or emails, and regularly published anti-corruption achievements and cases in newspapers, websites and other media to serve as a warning. Rwanda ranks first in Africa in the international integrity index.
3. Introducing foreign aid to develop economy
After nearly three decades of struggle, China has become a powerful African country. We will continue to introduce international economic assistance and foreign investment, and attach great importance to cooperation with China in the field of investment. Rwanda's GDP in 2019 is about US $10.122 billion. Compared with the same period of last year, the real economic growth is 9.4% year-on-year, ranking second in GDP growth in 2019. Under the influence of the global epidemic, Rwanda's anti epidemic effect is also very remarkable.
4. Power grid construction
Rwanda energy group (reg), Rwanda's national power transmission and distribution enterprise, recently revealed that by 2017, the company needs an investment of US $70 million to reduce the transmission loss rate from the current 23% to 15%. Rwanda energy group said that the investment includes the construction of new transmission lines, substations and the upgrading of old transformers and other equipment. With the completion of new power generation facilities, the current power transmission and distribution network system can not accommodate more power stations, so the upgrading of power transmission and distribution system is imminent. Rwanda energy group said, "the transmission loss rate caused by backward transmission and distribution facilities is at least 15%, and the commercial loss rate accounts for about 3-8%. Therefore, we must upgrade the current power transmission and distribution system, reform the current power business field, build a small-scale smart grid, crack down on illegal power theft, and improve the domestic power transmission and distribution system by taking multiple measures. " According to the world bank, Rwanda is one of the countries with high transmission loss rate in East Africa, and the surrounding Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are higher than the global average. Rwanda Energy Group believes that if the transmission loss rate is continuously improved and the new power generation facilities are successfully connected to the grid, Rwanda's power coverage will reach 70% by 2018. Therefore, the energy-saving distribution transformer market with lower loss will usher in better development.
Of course, Rwanda's prosperity is inseparable from China's assistance. As a "infrastructure maniac", China can be described as "building a bridge between mountains and water" in Rwanda. According to Martin, chief economist of hengfengyou electric, China Road and bridge has undertaken 26 large-scale projects in Rwanda in the past 40 years, and 70-80% of the roads in Rwanda are built by China. According to the statistics of Chinese customs, the bilateral import and export volume of goods between China and Rwanda in 2020 was USD 320.72 million, an increase of USD 20.65 million compared with 2019, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%. Since August 2012, China has granted duty-free treatment to 97% of Rwanda's exports to China. At present, China is Rwanda's largest importer and fifth largest exporter, and bilateral trade is mutually beneficial. Jack of hengfengyou Electric said, "China's exports to Rwanda mainly include light textile products, electromechanical products (distribution transformers, power transmission and transformation equipment, electronic products, etc.), construction machinery, etc. Our imports are mainly mineral products, including tantalum, niobium and tungsten. At the same time, there are a small part of leather - mainly cow leather, as well as pyrethrum, coffee and tea. "
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