The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday. It is expected to chart a path for high-quality China-Africa cooperation in the next three years and beyond.

Over the 24 years since the establishment of the FOCAC, particularly in the new era, the forum has always adhered to the principles of planning together, building together and benefiting together, with the two sides advancing their mutually beneficial cooperation toward higher-quality development.

The strategic coordination between China and Africa is advancing to deeper levels, and the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development Initiative have been synergized with the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the development strategies of African countries.

No matter how the international landscape evolves, China will never waver in its determination to pursue greater solidarity and cooperation with Africa. China and Africa, adhering to the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, continue to deepen strategic mutual trust and consistently support each other on issues concerning their core interests.

Both sides jointly advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, jointly promote and implement the three global initiatives proposed by China, safeguard international fairness and justice, and enhance the global governance system. In so doing, China and Africa have become a model of solidarity and cooperation for the Global South.

China-Africa people-to-people and cultural exchanges are expanding into broader areas. In recent years, civil exchanges between China and Africa have been active and frequent.

Chinese and African scholars jointly proposed the China-Africa Dar es Salaam Consensus at the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum, which offered solutions, ideas and proposals to address major issues and challenges facing today's world, reflecting the shared aspirations of the Global South.

That China has made strategic plans for comprehensively deepening reform to advance Chinese modernization will bring more opportunities and hopes to countries around the world, including African countries. At this summit, the two sides can send a powerful message of Africa and China taking part in and leading the reform of the global governance system, and gathering strong momentum to advance their modernization.

-XINHUA NEWS AGENCY