Belt and Road Initiative Driving China-Africa Cooperation

by Li Yiqi

Under their existing cooperation frame- work， China and Africa ushered in a golden period of accelerated cooperation after the inception of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2000. After the Belt and Road Initiative was introduced in 2013， China-Africa cooperation was transformed and upgraded simultaneously. In 2018， China-Africa cooperation has once again reached a critical period for future development.

As more and more African countries have reached agreements with China to jointly promote the Belt and Road Initiative， an increasing number of cooperation projects are steadily advancing and expanding. China-Africa cooperation in the new era. This not only injects new impetus into Africas future development， but also expands possibilities for close coordination between the Belt and Road Initiative and the African Unions Agenda 2063.