ChinesePresidentXiJinpingandattendingleadersofAfricancountriesandinternationalandregionalorganizationsposeforagroupphoto.Xinhua/ZhangLing
ChinesePresidentXiJinpingandforeignleadersattendingthe2018FOCACBeijingSummitheadforthevenueoftheopeningceremonyattheGreatHallofthePeopleinBeijingonSeptember3.THE2018BeijingSummitoftheForumonChina-AfricaCooperation(FOCAC)kickedoffonSeptember3inBeijing,andhadmorethan50leadersofAfricancountriesgatheringinattendance.
ChinesePresidentXiJinpingdeliveredakeynotespeechtitled鈥淲orkTogetherforCommonDevelopmentandaSharedFuture鈥漚ttheopeningceremony,outliningthenewblueprintforChina-Africacooperation,includingeightcooperationinitiatives,whichwaswarmlywelcomedbythoseattendingtheFOCACBeijingSummit.
Inthethemethatitpromotes,themeasuresitrollsout,andtheimpactsithasonAfricancountries,thesummitreaffirmsthetruefriendshipbetweenChinaandAfricaandtheirsharedcommitmenttoworlddevelopment.ChineseandAfricanleadersanddelegatesfromgovernmentandbusinesssectorsattendtheopeningceremonyoftheHigh-LevelDialogueBetweenChineseandAfricanLeadersandBusinessRepresentativesinBeijingonSeptember3.Xinhua/LiXueren