Foreign minister Wang Yi hails China-Africa summit a 'complete success'

The foreign ministers of China, Senegal and Congo-Brazzaville hail the relationship between the Asian giant and the African continent at a press conference during a triennial summit.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday more than $50 billion in financing for Africa over the next three years, promising to deepen cooperation in infrastructure and trade with the continent as he addressed Beijing's biggest summit since the Covid pandemic.

China, the world's number two economy, is Africa's largest trading partner and African leaders have secured a plethora of deals this week during the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) for greater cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture, mining, trade and energy.