China-Africa Relations Experience Positive Developments

Strategic Insights -

Charge d'Affaires Zhang Wei of the Chinese Mission to the African Union published an article in The Reporter, highlighting the positive developments in China-Africa relations. China's new investment in Africa has exceeded RMB 13.3 billion, with the total amount of financial support to Africa exceeding RMB 150 billion since the Beijing Summit last September. China has announced plans to sign agreements on economic partnership for common development, implement zero-tariff treatment for 100% of tariff items for 53 African countries, and provide more convenience for exports to China from the least developed African countries.

Key Takeaways:

  • China's new investment in Africa has exceeded RMB 13.3 billion, with the total amount of financial support to Africa exceeding RMB 150 billion since the Beijing Summit last September.
  • China has announced plans to sign agreements on economic partnership for common development, implement zero-tariff treatment for 100% of tariff items for 53 African countries, and provide more convenience for exports to China from the least developed African countries.
  • The two sides released the list of implementation results of the Beijing Summit and the concept paper for the 'China-Africa Year of People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges' in 2026, demonstrating the positive progress in implementing the results.
  • The meeting issued the 'Changsha Declaration on China-Africa Solidarity and Cooperation in Safeguarding the Global South,' reaffirming that China and Africa will stand shoulder to shoulder and support each other in the face of chaos and changes.
  • China has consistently stood with Africa as an equal partner, making China-Africa cooperation a model for cooperation among countries in the Global South.
  • China's credibility as a major country that 'always keeps its word and delivers on its promises' has been demonstrated through the meeting's substantial list of achievements.
  • The United States' tariff 'big stick' and other hegemonic, domineering, and bullying practices will not stop China and Africa from moving forward hand in hand, and will only make China-Africa friendship stronger and cooperation closer.
  • China's five initiatives on promoting the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation, put forward by Foreign Minister Wang Yi, include adhering to mutual assistance and solidarity, opening up to the outside world, mutual benefit and win-win results, fairness and justice, and exchanges and mutual learning.
  • China will unswervingly take strengthening solidarity and cooperation with African countries as a priority direction of China's diplomacy and be the most sincere friend and reliable partner of African countries.

Statistics:

  • China's new investment in Africa has exceeded RMB 13.3 billion.
  • The total amount of financial support to Africa has exceeded RMB 150 billion since the Beijing Summit last September.
  • China's total imports and exports to Africa reached 963 billion yuan in the first five months of this year, an increase of 12.4% year-on-year.
  • 100 ministerial-level officials from FOCAC member states, representatives from the African Union Commission, and ambassadors of African countries to China attended the Coordinators' Meeting on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Changsha, Hunan Province, China.

Sources:

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
  • The Reporter
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (Original Press Release: June 17, 2025)