On a cool, sunny autumn day in Beijing, some 30 officials, experts and technicians from 17 Belt and Road countries, including Brazil, Thailand, Uganda, Egypt and Jordan, gathered at the city’s prestigious Tsinghua University to discuss climate change cooperation. Held on 2 September, just before the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the 2024 Seminar on Climate Finance also benefitted from the participation of the African attendees, who shared their perspectives on China-Africa climate cooperation.  Sharing experiences …

As the highest-level economic and trade event for the China-Africa business community under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the eighth Conference of Chinese and African Entrepreneurs was held on 6 September in Beijing as part of the 2024 FOCAC Summit.  About 1,000 attendees including African leaders, Chinese and African entrepreneurs, and representatives of international organisations and institutions exchanged ideas at the conference held in Beijing and co-hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International…

Hasnaine Yavarhoussen, CEO of Groupe Filatex, the leading private energy producer in Madagascar, travelled to Beijing on the occasion of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). As a key economic player in Madagascar and the African continent, Groupe Filatex participated in this high-level forum as part of the official Malagasy economic delegation. This participation also allowed Groupe Filatex to explore new partnership opportunities in its areas of strategic expertise across the African continent.   Yavarhoussen notably attended…

The 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) marks another grand gathering of the China-Africa family, following the previous summits in 2006 in Beijing, 2015 in Johannesburg, and 2018 in Beijing. It also stood out as the largest diplomatic event China has hosted in recent years, with the highest number of attending foreign leaders.  In his keynote address at the opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that “China and Africa account for one-third of the…

In the heart of the Senegal River Valley lies the story of Cheikh Ndiaye, a seasoned farmer whose life has become intertwined with the recent wave of agricultural innovation brought by Chinese agricultural experts.   Over the past decade, the introduction of new agricultural practices and crops by these experts has transformed local agriculture, fostering a unique economic and cultural exchange between Senegal and China.  Ndiaye, like many of his fellow Senegalese farmers, has witnessed firsthand the impact of this cross-cultural…

Table Mountain, Kruger National Park, spring wildflower bloom at Goegap Nature Reserve, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, Amphitheatre…   South African Ambassador to China Siyabonga Cwele excitedly listed the tourist attractions worth visiting in South Africa during an event held by South African Tourism (SAT) in Beijing on 9 September.   The event was part of a series of roadshows by South Africa’s provincial tourism bureaus and 45 exhibitors held in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen to attract more Chinese tourists.   It is reported that…

China will work with Africa to take 10 partnership action plans for modernization to deepen China-Africa cooperation and spearhead the Global South modernization, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. “China and Africa account for one-third of the world population. Without our modernization, there will be no global modernization. In the next three years, China will work with Africa…

Francina Lerato Kuwali, a 35-year-old international student from Malawi at China Agricultural University (CAU), returned recently with the exciting news that she and her classmates had helped local farmers in her country achieve a maize yield of 9,000 kg per hectare, nearly three times the local average. Over the past year, they have applied the agricultural techniques learned at CAU to assist 30 farmers in Malawi with maize cultivation, as part of the cultivation plan under the cooperative postgraduate education…

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The 10 partnership action plans proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) are all in line with the African Union’s Agenda 2063, said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. In a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the summit, Xi said that China stands ready to work with Africa to implement 10 partnership action plans in the next three years to jointly advance modernization. The 10 partnership action plans will…