Special representative feels 'sentimental attachment'

Envoy expects pace of industrial, agricultural growth to increase

Editor's Note: Ahead of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Xu Jinghu and Zhou Yuxiao, both working in the diplomatic forefront in recent decades, shared their views with China Daily on China-Africa relations from their perspective as veteran diplomats.

In her nearly 40-year diplomatic career, Xu Jinghu, China's special representative on African affairs, spent 37 years dealing with relations between China and Africa.