(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-11-02 15:51

Cameroonian President Paul Biya arrived here on Thursday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Biya's last visit to China was in 2003.

A total of 48 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China are to participate in the two-day summit, which is scheduled to start on November 4.

China and Cameroon established diplomatic ties on March 26, 1971, and bilateral trade totaled 197 million U.S. dollars in 2005.