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HAMBURG, Germany, July 8-- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged the Group of 20 (G20) major economies to step up efforts in supporting Africa's development and building a digital economy. He made the remarks at the two-day G20 summit in the German port city of Hamburg, which concluded in the afternoon. Supporting Africa's development is conducive to promoting balanced and inclusive world economic growth, he said, calling on the G20 members to jointly implement the initiative agreed at last year's summit in Hangzhou, China, on supporting the industrialization of Africa and the least developed countries. China is a sincere partner of Africa and adheres to the principles of sincerity, practical results, affinity and good faith in dealing with relations with Africa, Xi said, adding that China supports Africa's development through concrete projects with no political strings attached. China, he said, always maintains that African affairs should be decided independently by the African people, and that Africa's path of development should be determined independently by the African people. Xi stressed that cooperation with Africa should be proposed, agreed and led by Africa, and be aligned with Africa's own development plans. Also on Saturday at the summit, Xi said the G20 members should build a digital economy that is friendly to growth and employment. "We should actively adapt ourselves to digital evolution, foster new economic drives, advance structural reforms and promote integrated development of digital and real economy," said Xi. | 
