TheBrazzavilleSportsCenterintheRepublicoftheCongowasbuiltbyChinaStateConstructionEngineeringCorporation.Itcoversanareaof350,000squaremeters,with60,055seatsinitsmainstadium.byWangTeng/XinhuaThe2018BeijingSummitoftheForumonChina-AfricaCooperation(FOCAC)willbeheldfromSeptember3to4.Themed鈥淐hinaandAfrica:TowardanEvenStrongerCommunitywithaSharedFuturethroughWin-WinCooperation,鈥漷hesummitwillgatherChineseandAfricanleadersinBeijingtodiscussnewplansforcooperationinthenewera.
OnthemorningofSeptember3,theHighlevelDialogueofChina-AfricaLeadersandBusinessRepresentativesandtheopeningceremonyofthe6thConferenceoftheChineseandAfricanEntrepreneurswillbeheld.Intheafternoon,ChinesePresidentXiJinpingwilldeliverakeynotespeechattheopeningceremonyofthe2018FOCACBeijingSummit,whereheisexpectedtoannouncenewideasandproposalstostrengthenChina-AfricarelationsandnewplansandmeasurestoexpandChina-Africacooperation.
OnSeptember4,PresidentXiandhisSouthAfricancounterpartCyrilRamaphosawillpresideovertheChinese-Africanleaders鈥檙oundtablemeeting.ThesummitisexpectedtoadoptaBeijingDeclarationonbuildingevenstrongertiesbetweenChinaandAfricatocreateasharedfuture.Itwillalsofeatureathree-yearactionplanfor2019to2021.
Sinceitsinceptionin2000,theFOCAChasevolvedintoamodelofSouth-SouthcooperationandabannerofinternationalcooperationwithAfrica.Amiddrasticchangesintheglobalsituation,howChinaandAfricaseizeopportunitiesandstridetogethertowardswin-wincooperationandcommondevelopmentisworthponderingoverandnoticing.The2018BeijingSummitoftheFOCACisexpectedtodrawanewblueprintforfuturecooperationbetweenChinaandAfrica.