Namibia, the Republic of the Congo, Chad, and Nigeria are expected to host China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi from January 5 to 11, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced Friday.
For 35 consecutive years, it has been a tradition for the Chinese foreign minister to visit Africa on the first overseas trip at the start of the year.
Mao said at a news briefing that the visit is aimed at promoting the implementation of the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit, deepening practical cooperation in various fields, and promoting the sustained and in-depth development of China-Africa relations.
At the FOCAC Beijing Summit last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that bilateral relations between China and all African countries having diplomatic ties with China be elevated to the level of strategic relations and that the overall characterization of China-Africa relations be elevated to an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
President Xi also proposed that China and Africa should jointly advance modernization characterized by six features, and pledged that China will work with Africa to take the ten partnership actions for modernization, which have received warm response from the African side, Mao added.
