I had been wondering how Chinese President Xi Jinping managed to meet and talk with 10 of his African counterparts in one afternoon when I first learned of his agenda for Thursday.
Editor's note: President Xi Jinping is currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, to co-chair the two-day Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) from Friday to Saturday. Prior to the summit, Xi traveled to Paris to attend the opening ceremony of the 21st UN Conference on Climate Change. He then paid state visits to Zimbabwe and South Africa.
China will encourage agencies at home to "expand the scale of financing toward South Africa" and boost the latter's role in upgrading African industries, President Xi Jinping told his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma.
President Xi Jinping has called for more closely connecting China's development with Africa via capacity cooperation to improve infrastructure and expand the pool of talent for African nations.
China will collaborate with global partners to further benefit Africa while ensuring the fruits of its development can be shared by the world, said a senior Chinese researcher.
Front pages of major dailies in South Africa have been awash with news and commentaries on the forthcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit.
Heads of 120 media from 47 African countries and colleagues from the Chinese media community are gathered here today at the China-Africa Media Summit to discuss how we can "create a new era of win-win media cooperation between China and Africa".
The economy and wildlife protection were the highlights of President Xi Jinping's first visit to Zimbabwe, the fifth-largest economy in Africa, and Xi said China is ready to help Zimbabwe optimize its economy and will introduce more Chinese investors.
South Africa sees the meeting of Chinese and African leaders on Friday and Saturday as a chance to further consolidate relations through South-South cooperation, focusing on industrialization and regional economic integration, according to a senior diplomat.
First lady Peng Liyuan was greeted with a Chinese song, Looking for a Friend, while visiting an orphanage founded by her Zimbabwean counterpart, Grace Mugabe, during President Xi Jinping's two-day visit to the country.
China and African countries should not fail to take advantage of "unprecedented historical opportunities" for cooperation, Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said on Tuesday at the opening of the China-Africa Relations Roundtable conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Feng Li was in a buoyant mood after a record day of business.
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