Building a community with a promising future

As certain countries continue to champion isolationism and undermine decades-old international relationships, China is rolling out its Belt and Road Initiative, a project that is helping to build a China-Africa community with a shared and promising future.

The Belt and Road Initiative focuses on connection and cooperation between countries, in particular between Eurasian and African countries. Its five pre-eminent objectives are cooperation and development priorities: policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, free trade, financial integration, and people-to-people connections.

Since the 1950s, China has developed an unusually strong relationship with African countries. As President Xi Jinping has said, "China and Africa remain friends tested by adversity. The profound friendship between China and Africa will remain unbreakable no matter how the world may change or what others may say. As Africa's brother and partner, China will always attach particular importance to the needs and interests of African countries. Africa is an indispensable partner in China's endeavor to build a global community with a shared future."