China-Africa action plan lauded
China DailyEditor's note: President Xi Jinping held bilateral meetings on Thursday with foreign leaders who are in Beijing to attend the ongoing 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Mokgweetsi Masisi Botswana embraces strategic partnership The robust China-Africa cooperation not only benefits the Chinese and African peoples, but also drives international cooperation with Africa, creating favorable conditions for the continent's development and vitalization, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday. Xi said the 2024 FOCAC Summit has brought China and its African brothers together, aligning the development of China, Africa and the world more closely and unleashing the positive energy of the Global South to promote global peace, security, prosperity and progress. Masisi lauded Xi's inspiring keynote speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the summit, in which Xi announced new initiatives to support the partnership between China and Africa to promote modernization, along with China's opening-up policies dedicated to the continent.