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Chen Hai, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, speaks at the "Big Market for All: Export to China" Ethiopia Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aug. 19, 2026. China launched the "Big Market for All: Export to China" Ethiopia Session on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, as part of its effort to encourage and expand exports of Ethiopian products to the Chinese market. A total of 33 cooperation deals were signed between companies of the two sides, with a combined contract value of over 330 million U.S. dollars. (Xinhua/Geng Xinning)China launched the "Big Market for All: Export to China" Ethiopia Session on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, as part of its effort to encourage and expand exports of Ethiopian products to the Chinese market.
A total of 33 cooperation deals were signed between companies of the two sides, with a combined contract value of over 330 million U.S. dollars.
Speaking at the event, Chen Hai, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, said the initiative aims to make the Chinese big market a global shared market, foster a more balanced trade growth and safeguard a multilateral trading system.
Chen said China remains the largest trading partner and source of investment to Ethiopia, and continuously opens up its market through extending zero-tariff treatment, among others.
"These policies not only help lower market access costs for exports to China, enable Ethiopian products to sell more in the Chinese market, and promote the balanced development of bilateral trade, but also attract Chinese and other trading partners to increase investment in Ethiopia's advantageous industries, enhance the competitiveness and reputation of Ethiopian products and achieve agricultural modernization and industrialization," he said.
According to the ambassador, the session is a manifestation of China's emphasis on boosting its bilateral economic and trade cooperation with Ethiopia through importing high-quality products from Ethiopia.
Kassahun Gofe, Ethiopia's minister of trade and regional integration, said Ethiopia's exports to China reached an impressive 369 million U.S. dollars in the 2025/2026 Ethiopian fiscal year that ended on July 7, marking an average annual growth rate of 92 percent over the last five years.
He said the "Big Market for All: Export to China" initiative is vital not only to expand commercial trade but also to advance a bold, strategic and enduring partnership between China and Ethiopia.
"By opening the vast Chinese market wider to Ethiopian goods, China is not only satisfying the growing demands of its consumers for premium products, but it is also creating a resilient, balanced, and mutually beneficial trade architecture," he said.
Chang Hui, deputy director general of the Department of Foreign Trade at China's Ministry of Commerce, who led a delegation of Chinese importing companies, said the all-weather strategic partnership between China and Ethiopia has continued to deepen practical cooperation in various fields, yielding fruitful results in bilateral trade ties.
He said the initiative is a practical step by China to pursue high-standard opening up, actively expand imports from countries around the world, and promote balanced trade.
The trade promotion event, co-hosted by China's Ministry of Commerce, Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration, and the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance, brought together more than 200 Chinese and Ethiopian representatives of the import-export trade, who are expected to exchange market information, engage in matchmaking activity and establish and expand supply chains.

Guests attend the "Big Market for All: Export to China" Ethiopia Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Aug. 19, 2026. China launched the "Big Market for All: Export to China" Ethiopia Session on Wednesday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, as part of its effort to encourage and expand exports of Ethiopian products to the Chinese market. A total of 33 cooperation deals were signed between companies of the two sides, with a combined contract value of over 330 million U.S. dollars. (Xinhua/Geng Xinning)

据央视新闻，当地时间5月3日，美国佛罗里达州警方在一起执法行动中，枪杀了一名23岁的非洲裔空军士兵罗杰·福特森。美联社援引受害者亲友的话报道称，警方可能走错了案发现场，误杀了福特森。该事件引发美国社会舆论震怒。

据新华社，福特森的家属及其主营民权业务的委托代理律师本·克伦普9日召开新闻发布会，驳斥涉事警官“开枪系出于自卫”的说法。律师说，那名警官走错了门，遮盖了门上的“猫眼”，且没有主动表明自己的身份。

奥卡卢萨县治安官埃里克·阿登几小时后召开发布会，公布了涉事警官事发时佩戴的执法记录仪视频资料，表示福特森家属方面说法不实。

据新华社援引美联社报道，所公布视频显示，那名警官3日当天抵达沃尔顿堡滩的福特森所居公寓楼，与楼外一名女性交谈，对方描述“有人听到争吵声”。那名警官随后搭乘电梯上楼，走过一段露天走廊，在一间公寓门口停下。他用力敲门，随后站到一边，似乎脱离门口视线范围。

二 | 视频显示他大喊两次：“治安官办公室！开门！”

福特森开门时，看似拿着一把手枪贴在身侧，枪口向下指向地面。那名警官大喊“退后”，随即开了数枪，继续大喊：“放下枪！放下枪！”

据央视新闻，来不及反应的福特森身中6枪，送医后没多久就被宣告死亡。据悉，当时福特森正与一名女性友人进行视频通话，视频通话的录像记录了他中枪后的情况。

作为这起案件的“目击者”，与福特森视频通话的朋友说，在福特森与警察的交谈中，她并没有发现任何异常，她认为涉事警员“肯定是走错了地址”。代表福特森家人的律师本·克伦普表示，福特森是在听到敲门声后拿起枪的，他没有听出是谁在敲门，而且他的枪是合法持有的。福特森家人发表声明指出，警察开枪前并没有告知福特森放下武器，便连开几枪，这种执法方式令人担忧。