□ 文/本刊記者 李靜
2012年11月24-26日,應(yīng)中聯(lián)部邀請,由非洲佛得角非洲獨立黨和爭取民主運動兩黨中高層干部組成的佛得角聯(lián)合政黨干部考察團(tuán)一行20人,在中聯(lián)部人員陪同下來渝考察訪問。
11月25日下午,重慶市政府外事僑務(wù)辦公室主任朱晞顏在市外僑大樓會見并宴請了代表團(tuán)一行。朱晞顏對佛得角朋友們的到訪表示熱烈歡迎,并向客人介紹了重慶的經(jīng)濟(jì)社會發(fā)展情況。佛得角執(zhí)政黨佛得角非洲獨立黨中央組織和培訓(xùn)書記馬爾科斯·福圖納托·奧利維拉和佛得角爭取民主運動全國委員會委員馬里奧·戈麥斯·費爾南德斯分別代表兩黨考察團(tuán)感謝重慶方面的熱情接待,并表示將努力為增進(jìn)兩國的傳統(tǒng)友誼和互利合作做出貢獻(xiàn)。在渝期間,代表團(tuán)還參觀了市規(guī)劃展覽館、公租房、磁器口等地,并對重慶的快速發(fā)展贊不絕口。
重慶市政府外事僑務(wù)辦副主任唐文陪同出席會見、宴請活動。
佛得角位于北大西洋的佛得角群島上,東距非洲大陸最西點佛得角(塞內(nèi)加爾境內(nèi))500多公里,扼歐洲與南美、南非間交通要沖,包括圣安唐、圣尼古拉、薩爾、博阿維什塔、福古、圣地亞哥等15個大小島嶼,分北面的向風(fēng)群島和南面的背風(fēng)群島兩組。佛得角雖然缺乏天然資源,但由于人口少,政治穩(wěn)定,旅游業(yè)蓬勃,已成為非洲的安逸國家,生活質(zhì)量位居非洲各國前列。除了旅游業(yè)外,主要經(jīng)濟(jì)來源還有移民匯款、農(nóng)業(yè)等。最大貿(mào)易伙伴為葡萄牙,其他貿(mào)易伙伴有歐盟、美國、巴西和中國。2008年7月23日佛得角正式加入世貿(mào)組織。
佛得角非洲獨立黨(Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde):簡稱獨立黨,執(zhí)政黨。1981年與幾佛非洲獨立黨分裂后成立?,F(xiàn)有黨員11000余人。1975年佛獨立后執(zhí)政,1991年選舉失敗成為在野黨,2001年該黨在議會選舉中獲勝,重新成為執(zhí)政黨。2006年議會選舉中再次獲勝。主張推進(jìn)佛得角民主進(jìn)程,建立社會正義。1992年加入社會黨國際。2005年2月,該黨召開中央委員會,選舉產(chǎn)生新任總書記。主席若澤·馬里亞·佩雷拉·內(nèi)韋斯,總書記馬里奧·馬托斯(Mário Matos)。
□ Written by Aggie
On November 24th—26th,2012,20 senior cadres of democracy party joint cadres of political parties in Cape Verde that are formed by the African Party for the independence of Cape Verde visited Chongqing, accompanied by Jia Chen, deputy director general of the Fourth office of International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee.
In the afternoon of November 25,Zhu Xiyan, Director of the Foreign and overseas Chinese Affairs Offi ce of the Chongqing Municipal Government met with the delegation. He warmly welcomed them from Cape Verde and briefly introduced economic and social development of Chongqing. The delegation appreciated the hospitality of Chongqing government and will strive to contribute to enhancing traditional friendship and mutually benefi cial cooperation between the two sides. Tang Wen, Deputy Director of the Chongqing Municipal Foreign Affairs Offi ce, who was also present and joined the meeting, the delegation also visited the city planning Exhibition Hall, the public renting housing, Ciqikou and highly praised the rapid development of Chongqing.
Cape Verde is located on the Cape Verde Islands in the North Atlantic,Cape Verde lacks natural resources,but due to the small population,political and tourism are stable and it has became a comfortable country in the ease African whose quality of life is ranking the very front of African States. Besides tourism, the main economic source also includes migrant remittances, agriculture etc. The largest trade partner is Portugal and other trading partners are the European Union, the United States, Brazil and China. On July 23, 2008 Cape Verde formally acceded to the WTO.