Future for Sino-African ties hailed

FOCAC summit shows renewed relations and development prospects, experts say

As China and Africa move to implement the action plans of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit held in Beijing in September, experts believe the future of the partnership is brighter, noting that the summit displayed renewed relations and development prospects between the two parties.

The experts who spoke at a webinar earlier this week said the focus on the "small and beautiful" projects, partnerships on soft infrastructure projects and the enhancement of people-to-people exchanges will result in impactful outcomes. The webinar was organized by the Africa-China Centre for Policy and Advisory based in Ghana.

Commenting on China's announcement during the FOCAC Summit that it will carry out 1,000"small and beautiful" projects in Africa, Yi Wushuang, a postdoctoral teaching fellow at Tsinghua University, said the idea is not only in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals but also the African Union's Agenda 2063.