Secondly, China will strengthen cooperation in science and technology. China initiated the China-Africa Science and Technology Partnership Program. It will implement one hundred China-Africa joint scientific and technological research demonstration projects, accept one hundred African post-doctoral fellows to carry out scientific research in China, and provide financial support for them to return to their home countries for service.
Third, increase Africa's capacity for financing. Provide loans of a preferential nature of 10 billion dollars to African countries. Support Chinese financial institutions to set up special loans for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa, amounting to one billion dollars. For heavily indebted African countries that have established diplomatic relations with China and the least developed countries, we will forgive interest-free government loan debts due and unpaid to China as of the end of 2009.
Fourth, expand the opening of markets for African products. Gradually granting tariff-free treatment to 95 percent of the products of the least developed countries in Africa that have established diplomatic relations with China, and first implementing tariff-free treatment for 60 percent of their products in 2010.
Fifth, we will further strengthen agricultural cooperation. We will increase the number of agricultural demonstration centers for African countries to 20, send 50 agricultural technical teams to Africa, and train 2,000 agricultural technicians for African countries, so as to improve Africa's ability to achieve food security.
Sixth, deepening cooperation in medical and health care. We will provide medical equipment and anti-malaria materials worth 500 million yuan for 30 hospitals and 30 malaria prevention and treatment centers in Africa. It will train 3,000 medical and nursing personnel for Africa.
Seventh, strengthening cooperation in human resources development and education. We will provide assistance to 50 Sino-African friendship schools for African countries, train 1,500 school principals and teachers, and increase the number of Chinese government scholarships to Africa to 5,500 by 2012. In the next three years, a total of 20,000 talents of various types will be trained for Africa.
Eighth, expanding humanistic exchanges. We will initiate the implementation of the China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Program, promote exchanges and cooperation among scholars and think tanks, exchange development experiences, and provide intellectual support for the two sides to formulate better cooperation policies.