ChinaisthelargestdevelopingcountryandAfricaisthecontinentwiththelargestnumberofdevelopingcountries鈥攁dynamicwhichpromotesanaturalclosenessandattractionbetweenthetwosides.InMarch2013,XiJinpingpaidhisfirstvisittoAfricaasthepresidentofChina.HecalledforbuildingrelationswithAfricabasedonsincerity,realresults,affinityandgoodfaithwhileupholdingjusticeandpursuingsharedinterests,whichchartedthecourseforthedevelopmentofSino-Africantiesinthenewera.
InDecember2015,theJohannesburgSummitoftheForumonChina-AfricaCooperation(FOCAC)co-chairedbyPresidentXiJinpingandhisSouthAfricancounterpartJacobZumadeliberatedonandadoptedtheJohannesburgActionPlan(2016-2018),announcingthatinthenextthreeyears,ChinawouldfocusonpromotingAfrica鈥檚industrializationandagriculturalmodernization.Overthefollowingthreeyears,mostofthetencooperationplansbetweenChinaandAfricahavebeencompletedaheadofschedule.