China has remained Africa’s largest trading partner for 9 consecutive years as major cooperation programs further deepened bilateral economic and trade exchanges, according to a briefing held by China’s State Council Information Office on Tuesday. China and Africa, over the past two-plus years, have implemented all of the economic and trade measures included in the 10 major plans for China-Africa cooperation raised by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Johannesburg Summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in December 2015.
China and Africa have yielded remarkable achievements from their strong efforts to facilitate bilateral trade and investment over the past three years, which has given a strong boost to bilateral trade and economic exchanges, driven up the economy of Africa and brought tangible benefits to the people on the continent. Statistics indicated that two-way trade between China and Africa stood at around $170 billion in 2017, up 14.
Dr. Xu Zhe, Team Leader The Infectious Disease Prevention Center, built in Sierra Leone’s 34 Military Barracks with support from the Chinese government, opened to the public on August 22, 2018.
Editor's note: President Xi Jinping will chair the 2018 Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation scheduled to be held from Sept 3 to 4 in Beijing. Themed on "China and Africa: Toward an Even Stronger Community with a Shared Future through Win-Win Cooperation," the summit aims to build closer China-Africa community of shared future, further dovetail the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative with African development, set a new path for a higher level of China-Africa cooperation, and deepen people-to-people exchanges.
