Development optimism rises across the African continent, and a new chapter has opened for China-Africa relations. The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit 2015 had concluded in Johannesburg, South Africa.
China and Africa enjoy a long history of traditional friendship. China's founding leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai and the older generation of African leaders broke new ground for China-Africa relations with mutual support.
The new initiatives launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday during a landmark summit to boost comprehensive cooperation with Africa will inject a strong impetus into the development in both China and Africa, and chart a clear course for an all-round partnership between the two sides.
Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing Sunday afternoon after a week-long tour to France, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
President Xi Jinping offered China's solutions to global warming and modernizing a less-developed continent in a week-long visit to three countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and African leaders rounded off a landmark summit here Saturday with a unanimous consensus to upgrade China-Africa relations backed by a roadmap for further boosting mutually beneficial cooperation and common development.
The Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) ended on Dec 5 and Chinese President Xi Jinping flew back to Beijing.
African politicians and scholars commended the speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg, saying it charted the course for the future development of China-Africa cooperation.
Experts on Saturday hailed China's decision to strengthen its cooperation with Africa through a rollout of 10 major China-Africa cooperation plans and an offer of 60 billion U.S. dollars of funding support.
The president unveiled a grand vision on improving global governance and launched concrete actions, fully demonstrating China's commitment.
It was the first time for China's major technology companies to exhibit their mainstream products together in Africa.
Xi, who proposed the upgrade one day earlier, made the announcement before the landmark two-day gathering draws to an end.