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Message on Africa Industrialization Day 非洲工业化日致辞 20 November 2016 2016年11月20日 Over the last two decades, Africa’s combined Gross Domestic Product grew by an average of 4.7 per cent a year. Even though this slowed slightly in 2017 due to low commodity prices, tighter financing conditions and droughts, Africa is still among the world’s fastest growing regions. 过去二十年来，非洲总和国内生产总值平均每年增长4.7%。尽管商品价格低迷、融资条件更加苛刻和旱灾使2017年的增长速度略有放缓，非洲仍是世界上增长最快的区域之一。 Africa is also a youthful continent, with a median age just below 20. To realize the vision of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 of “a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development”, the continent must create millions of new, high-productivity jobs every year. 非洲还是一个年轻的大陆，人口中位年龄不到20岁。为实现非洲联盟《2063年议程》的愿景，即“建立一个以包容增长和可持续发展为基础的繁荣非洲”，非洲大陆每年必须创造数百万个新的高生产率工作岗位。 Accelerating industrialization and expanding productive capacity and value addition is critical to sustaining Africa’s economic growth. That is why the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has a dedicated goal – SDG 9 – on industry, innovation and infrastructure with a focus on sustainability and resilience. Research shows that not only are manufacturing and industry important job creators, they also have a positive multiplier effect. Every job in manufacturing is estimated to create at least two more jobs in other sectors. | 
