Hosted by the China-Africa Institute and the African Union (AU) Commission, the international symposium “China and Africa jointly promote sustainable development” was held in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Dec. 6–7. More than 300 people including scholars from Chinese and African major research institutions, government officials, business executives, media personnel and representatives from such international organizations as the AU participated in the symposium.

CASS president Xie Fuzhan , ambassador and head of the Chinese mission to the AU Liu Yuxi, and AU commissioner for trade and industry Albert Muchanga attended the opening ceremony and made speeches. Arkebe Oqubay, special adviser to the Ethiopian prime minister, delivered a keynote speech.

Xie said that at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, both sides unanimously decided to build a China-Africa community with a shared future that assumes joint responsibility, pursues win-win cooperation, delivers happiness for all, enjoys cultural prosperity, ensures common security, and promotes harmony between man and nature, setting an example for pushing the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Under the chaotic international situation, China and Africa jointly bear the historical mission of countering global development challenges, shaping international development momentum and building an inclusive and interconnected global development governance pattern. Both sides should deepen their comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership, solve development problems, and strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, Xie said.