Teamwork with Africa sees benefits worldwide, Xi stresses

China and Africa's joint efforts to boost their traditional friendship, enhance exchanges and cooperation, and promote mutual learning among cultures will not only benefit their own populations, but also help contribute to world peace and development, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

Xi made the remark in a congratulatory letter sent to the meeting held in Beijing on Tuesday for the inauguration of the China-Africa Institute, a think tank organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

He said in the letter that China and Africa, as the largest developing country and the continent with the most developing countries, have enjoyed a time-honored friendship.