Xi: Enhance China-Africa cooperation
China DailyPhoto taken on Aug 28 shows workers arrange the theme flowerbeds at the Dongdan intersection of Chang'an Avenue in Beijing to welcome the opening of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which will be held in the capital from Sept 4 to 6. It was ahead of a key gathering on China-Africa cooperation to be held next week in Beijing that the Chinese president received a letter from Gert Grobler, a former veteran diplomat of South Africa and honorary professor of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University. The three-day 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, starting from Wednesday, will be the largest diplomatic event China has hosted in recent years, with the highest attendance of foreign leaders. Xi, who will deliver an important keynote speech at the opening ceremony, said in the reply letter that as the leaders of China and African countries once again gather together in Beijing for discussions on cooperation, it is expected that the China-Africa relationship will embrace a brighter future. Xi said he looks forward to more research being made by the scholars on the development paths of the Global South countries, China-Africa cooperation and South-South cooperation.