China-Africa Cooperation: China Issues White Paper In New Era

China’s State Council Information Office on Friday issued a white paper detailing the country’s cooperation with Africa in the new era.

The white paper, titled “China and Africa in the New Era: A Partnership of Equals,” said shared past experiences and similar aims and goals have brought China and Africa close together.

China and Africa will always be a community of shared future, it added.

Developing solidarity and cooperation with African countries has been the cornerstone of China’s foreign policy, as well as a firm and longstanding strategy, said the white paper.

Chinese President Xi and African leaders unanimously decided at the FOCAC Beijing Summit that the two sides would work to build an even stronger China-Africa community of shared future, advance cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, establishing a new milestone in China-Africa relations, said the white paper.

It added that China is committed to consolidating China-Africa political mutual trust, expanding pragmatic cooperation with Africa in various areas, and extending its help to boost peace and development in the continent.

The two sides, it said, will steadfastly reinforce their traditional friendship and safeguard common interests, while noting that the global governance system and the international order are changing at an accelerating rate, and the international balance of power is undergoing a profound adjustment.