By Sizo Nkala
China and Africa held the triennial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit in Beijing from September 4 to 6. In the past 24 years, Focac has become a platform where the two sides formulate the agenda of their relationship for the next three years.
As expected, the 2024 Focac gathering was highly subscribed, with dozens of heads of state and delegations from 53 African countries, including the UN and AU being represented.
In his keynote address on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping described China and Africas relationship as being at its best in history and pledged to elevate the relationship to an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era. The idea was first proposed at the 2018 summit.
While criticising the Western modernisation process for bringing suffering and misery to developing countries, Xi enjoined China and African countries to pursue a modernisation process that was just and equitable and to act in accordance with national circumstances.
