'Common goal' is to end poverty

Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Africa, cited obligation to future generations

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China and African nations can work together to eradicate poverty from the world.

Wang spoke Wednesday at a forum on fighting poverty at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He said that while Africa needs to lift 400 million out of poverty, China still has over 40 million living below the poverty line.