中国公民在非洲的安全与领事保护问题

近年来,随着中非关系快速发展,赴非中国公民人数日增,中国公民在非遇险遇袭之事件亦明显增加。目前中国已成为世界上仅次于美国的第二大海外公民遇险国。随着中国国家利益逐渐延伸于世界各遥远之地,中国维护国家利益的难度和成本也在增大。中国公民在非洲究竞面临哪些安全问题挑战？中国公民应该采取何种防范措施以维护自身利益？中国政府又该如何加强和改进海外领事保护工作？准确理解并妥善应对这些挑战,对中非关系的稳定健康发展至关重要。

On Security and Consular Protection of Chinese Citizens in Africa

With the rapid development of Sino-African relations and the increasing number of Chinese citizens in Africa in recent years, accidents among and attacks on Chinese citizens have evidently increased as well. Today China is second only to USA in the world in terms of accidents among overseas citizens. The extension of China＇s interests to more countries in the world has been going hand in hand with the increasing difficulties and Costs in the protection of the interests. What are, then, challenging the security of Chinese citizens in Africa？ What precautionary measures can the latter take to safeguard themselves？ How can the Chinese government strengthen and improve its consular protection of its overseas citizens？ Correct understanding and proper handling of such issues are Critical to the steady and healthy development of Sino-African relations.