Toward a shared future with Africa

Delivering a speech in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in March 2013, President Xi Jinping summarized the history of Sino-African friendship and the experience of building such a friendship, and elaborated on his proposals for future efforts to promote peace and development on the continent.

China is sincere in its intention to build strong ties with African countries. In fact, solidarity and cooperation with the African countries have been an important part of China's foreign policy, Xi said. Cooperation with Africa has been, and will continue to be, result-oriented, and China will honor every commitment it makes to the African countries.

Also, the intimate friendship between Chinese and African peoples will continue to be strengthened, and Beijing will make more efforts to expand people-to-people exchanges, especially through youth exchange programs, so that this bond of friendship is passed on to the next generations.