Lessons in poverty reduction from China prove valuable in Africa

Andrew Moody, senior correspondent of China Daily's overseas editions

China's primary involvement in Africa has not been about resources but more about partnership in many other areas.

At the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in December 2015, China pledged to triple aid and other investment to $60 billion. China has also been increasingly partnering with the World Bank and other Western financial institutions in Africa.