Relations with Africa sound

Dialogue mechanism is effective in facilitating pragmatic aid, cooperation and exchanges in a wide range of areas

Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), a significant cooperative mechanism between the world's most populous nation and the vast African continent.

Since the holding of its first ministerial-level meeting in Beijing in 2000, which marked the establishment of the forum, four ministerial-level meetings have so far been convened under the dialogue mechanism, with the third one staged at the Beijing Summit in Nov 2006. The summit brought nearly 50 African state or government heads or representatives to the Chinese capital to consult and map out the prospect of Sino-African cooperation and development.