Africa not a battlefield for major power geopolitics

Would Africa have attracted such intense global interest had China not worked for mutual benefits with its partners there? The question deserves special attention. Increasingly, the long-neglected continent is seen as a land of boundless opportunities. Which is good both for overseas investors and the African people.

With its rich resources, relatively cheap labor, and unfathomable potential demand, Africa could be the last frontier of traditional development models promising lucrative returns for international investors. Foreign capital, technologies and management expertise will in turn inject vitality into Africa's economies, and ultimately improve the livelihoods of the people there.

With what it has learnt from its own reform and opening-up, China is engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation throughout Africa. This cooperation has yielded rich fruits thanks in part to China's longstanding policy of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, as well as to the historical friendships cultivated over the past decades.