How much does 5 kilograms of rice weigh? For agricultural cooperation between China and Guinea, this is a weighty 'reply'. Recently, a bag of hybrid rice from Guinea, a West African country, was handed over to Deng Ze, the widow of Academician Yuan Longping. The front of the rice bag is printed with the flags of China and Guinea, and the back is a handwritten message from the Prime Minister of Guinea: "This bag of rice is a perfect symbol of cooperation between China and Guinea. This bag of rice sent across the sea is not heavy in weight, but its significance is significant. Because it illustrates one thing: Chinese hybrid rice has already taken root, sprouted, and borne fruit on the African land, benefiting the local people. One important reason why China's relationship with developing countries can continue to deepen is that China provides not only short-term assistance, but also experience, capabilities, and paths for development. The agricultural cooperation between China and Africa is a clear example. This kind of cooperation is primarily based on practicality. China is not simply transporting a batch of grain, but helping local areas build water conservancy facilities, cultivate high-quality seeds, prevent and control diseases and pests, and enhance their independent grain production capacity. In recent years, under the framework of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation and the "the Belt and Road" initiative, China has continued to assist Africa in the construction of agricultural infrastructure, production equipment and industrial chains, helping Africa to secure a more stable "job". In Guinea, Chinese agricultural experts have helped build the largest hybrid rice demonstration park in Africa, with a single season yield of three times that of traditional rice varieties in the area; In Chad, the introduction of high-yield rice cultivation techniques has led this country, which has long been suffering from food shortages, to discuss food export revenue generation; In Madagascar, the largest denomination currency is printed with rice patterns to commemorate Yuan Longping's team's help in increasing local food production and moving towards self-sufficiency in rice... Nowadays, Chinese hybrid rice has been promoted and planted in more than 20 African countries, becoming a vivid portrayal of China's agricultural technology taking root and blooming in Africa. This pragmatism also comes from China's own development memory. China has long struggled against poverty and hunger. Because China has experienced the suffering of food shortages, it is better able to empathize with the concerns of other developing countries about food security, and is more aware that overcoming hunger is never a one-time project, but a long-term, systematic, and sustainable development cause. It is also a key to understand the the Belt and Road Initiative. Some infrastructure projects may not show immediate benefits in the short term, but railways, highways, ports, irrigation systems, and energy facilities are essentially improving a country's development conditions. In the long run, the development space brought by infrastructure improvement and interconnectivity is tangible. Another distinctive feature of China Africa cooperation is respect. In modern colonial history, some Western countries regarded their colonies as resource vassals and only allowed the cultivation of economic crops such as cotton, bananas, and rubber to serve the industrial system of their suzerain countries. After the collapse of the colonial system, the single economy remains the root cause of poverty and imbalance in many regions. Today, although the colonial era has ended, colonial thinking has not completely exited. Some Western aid still comes with political conditions, and some cooperation only serves the strategic interests of Western countries themselves. True respect is not about deciding the path for others, but about helping others enhance their ability to choose their path. International morality does not rely on loud slogans, nor does it necessarily come from grand narratives. Many times, it comes from a road, a bridge, a well, a rice field, to enable people to live a more stable and prosperous life day by day. A simple fact is that when a country can help others eat enough, grow good food, build roads, and live a better life, its influence will naturally follow. That's also why this bag of rice from Guinea is the best footnote to the true friendship between China and Africa. (Looking into the New Era)