On May 20, the 14th Conference of the China-Africa Think Tank Forum was successfully held in Kunming, Yunnan. Themed "China-Africa Governance Experience Exchanges and Chinese Modernization", this Forum was hosted by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and co-organized by the China-Africa Institute and the Secretariat of the China Top Think Tanks of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, with Yunnan University of Finance and Economics as the Co-organizer. Over 60 representatives from more than 50 African countries and diplomatic missions in China attended the meeting, focusing on the design and characteristics of China’s phased development system, demonstrating African countries' high attention to and recognition of China's modernization achievements. On May 20, 2025 the 14th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum was successfully held in Kunming, Yunnan. Mr. Zhao Yong, Minister-Counselor of the Department of African Affairs in China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated in his speech that China is the world's largest developing country, while Africa is the continent with the highest concentration of developing countries. The two sides have always been a community with a shared future and a community of shared interests for win-win cooperation. China pursues its Two Centenary Goals and Chinese Dream, while Africa advances its Agenda 2063 and African Dream. China steadfastly stands with its African brothers, assis...
Development is the eternal theme of human society, the common pursuit of all nations and a vital measure of progress in our times. For the recent years, China has actively promoted the return of development issues to the center of the international agenda, committed to working together to address the global development deficit. Therefore, the international community must not only overcome the interference of certain countries politicizing and marginalizing development issues, but also generate more wisdom and consensus in the realm of knowledge and ideas, producing greater developmental knowledge. The development practices of modernization across nations demonstrate that knowledge is a precious resource for progress. Within China's proposed Global Development Initiative, promoting global knowledge sharing on development is also a crucial aspect of cooperation. In March 2024, the "Africa-China Dar es Salaam Consensus" co-issued by scholars from 50 African and Chinese countries at the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum represents an exciting achievement in generating new development knowledge and innovating traditional development economics. The Ninth FOCAC will be convened in Beijing this autumn, with the recent China-Africa Think Tanks Forum held in Dar es Salaam serving as one of its key side events. The Consensus reached at the meeting is regarded by many scholars as the first international consensus born in the Global South rather than imposed by the North. Former World Bank C...
On January 31, the Master Plan for Building a Pilot Zone for In-Depth China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation was released. The Pilot Zone, building upon the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone, supports Hunan in accelerating its cooperation and development with Africa, cultivating this "experimental field" for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation policies. This is a drone photo taken on January 31 at the China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Promotion Innovation Demonstration Park in Changsha, Hunan. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency Reporter Chen Sihan: Guo Ning, Vice Director of Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, stated that the Pilot Zone for In-depth China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation, following the permanent hosting of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, is another major national platform for Africa cooperation undertaken by Hunan, marking a milestone in Hunan's reform and opening-up. According to the data, in 2023, Hunan's actual investment in new projects in Africa reached $37.09 million, marking a year-on-year increase of 345.79%. Over the past three years, Hunan's trade with Africa has maintained rapid annual growth of 23.1%. On June 29, 2023, the third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo commenced at the Changsha International Conference Center. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency Reporter Chen Sihan: Amid increasingly close exchanges, Hunan-Africa cooperation has grown fervent, achieving mutual benefits through partnership; t...