Forum attendees hail Xi's speech

Mussavele Gabriel Felimao from Mozambique said that President Xi Jinping really is committed to seeing a new Africa.

He said: "After the speech, President Xi Jinping showed his commitment to Africa and promised around $60 billion for the next three years to build Africa. So we really see that China and Africa are together." He thought China and Africa will work together to build a new life for Chinese people and also for African people.

--- Mussavele Gabriel Felimao, a journalist from Mozambique

Selamawit Kassa from Ethiopia said the youth cooperation President Xi Jinping has talked about is very impressive.

"The unemployment rate is very high in many African countries and there are lots of youth in Africa so focusing on society," she said. It is very important to see the change we want to see in Africa that more and more youth can find jobs, she added.

"Chinese government provides so many opportunities to African students to study in China, which can help change themselves," she said. "African people also welcome Chinese companies to invest in Africa, because they create jobs."

--- Selamawit Kassa, a journalist from Ethiopia

Guan Qing, chairman of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, said that China and African countries have always been in the community with a shared future.

"China's construction projects can be seen in 51 countries across Africa. A large number of major projects of such kind have helped realize the dreams of generations of local people on the continent, which accelerates the modernization of Africa and cements China-Africa friendship," Guan said.

--- Guan Qing, chairman of China State Construction Engineering Corporation