The Forum for Africa-China Cooperation, FOCAC, is a meeting between the two partners and is largely premised on ways to increase diplomatic, economic and bilateral ties.
The prestigious summit is set to officially kick off from September 3 through to September 4. Themed “China and Africa: Toward an Even Stronger Community with a Shared Future through Win-Win Cooperation.”, this year’s edition aims to build a closer China-Africa relationship, set a new path for a higher level of both continents’ cooperation and deepen people-to-people exchanges.
For Rwanda, the summit is special. Relations between Rwanda and China have been growing over the past 46 years with the later supporting several development projects in Rwanda ranging from Infrastructure, Health, Education and Economy. In January, China offered Rwanda to construct a $37 million modern complex as the office for the Prime Minister. Once complete, the building will serve as an Administrative Office for the Prime Minister, other ministries and government institutions.
The summit is seen largely as key diplomatic event hosted by China this year and attended by the largest number of foreign leaders to date.
African leaders already in Beijing have held different levels of talks with their Chinese counterparts signing deals and also meeting investors.
The summit will conclude with the signing of a declaration and an action plan, providing guidelines for China-Africa cooperation for the next three years.
The documents are expected to build on the outcomes of the Johannesburg summit, during which Xi announced 10 major cooperation plans to promote industrialization and agricultural modernization in Africa. Most of the plans have been implemented.
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