Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. President Xi said China stands ready to work with Africa to implement ten partnership action plans to jointly advance modernization.

Joining the discussion: 

• Abdullahi Boru Halakhe is an Africa Security and Policy Analyst.
• David Monyae is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg.
• John Gong is a Professor of Economics at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.  
• He Wenping is a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute of West Asian and African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.