China-Africa community spirit built on bonds of friendship and cooperation

The Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which is being held in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday, provides the two sides with another opportunity to strengthen their strategic communication and deepen their practical cooperation.

The reason why the FOCAC has become so popular among African nations since it was founded in 2000 is that it is not a talk shop. The outcomes and cooperation projects that have been its fruits have brought tremendous benefits to African countries and the African people.

Over the past 24 years, the trade volume between China and Africa has increased from $10.5 billion in 2000 to $282.1 billion in 2023. And China's investment in Africa has accumulated from less than $500 million in 2000 to more than $40 billion at present. The nearly 100,000 kilometers of roads, more than 10,000 kilometers of railways, nearly 1,000 bridges, and nearly 100 ports that have been jointly constructed are tangible testimony to the cooperation between the two sides.