As China outlines its priorities for the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), the country is moving to advance high-standard opening up and further “open wider to the outside world.” At a key Party plenum in October, the Communist Party of China leadership adopted its recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan, outlining China’s economic and social…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds talks with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka, Zambia, Nov. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday that China is ready to work with Zambia, taking the implementation of China’s zero-tariff treatment for Zambia as an opportunity, to expand bilateral trade and tap cooperation potential in industrial sectors such as mining, new energy vehicles…
Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds talks with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka, Zambia, Nov. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin) Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday that China is ready to work with Zambia, taking the implementation of China’s zero-tariff treatment for Zambia as an opportunity, to expand bilateral trade and tap cooperation potential in industrial sectors such as mining, new energy vehicles…
By Gerald Mbanda The coming year 2026 has been designated as the China–Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, marking an important moment in the long history of cooperation between the two sides. For decades, China and African nations have developed ties through trade, infrastructure, education, medical cooperation, and cultural interaction. The 2026 initiative places a special emphasis on strengthening the…
With the African Union’s inclusion in the G20 and deeper BRICS+ engagement, Africa is moving beyond its traditional role as a passive recipient of global norms to an active shaper of global governance. The continent is leveraging these new platforms to press its case on climate justice, trade, debt reform, digital sovereignty, and the overhaul…
Ghana’s Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has lauded Zonda Tec Ghana Limited, a Chinese automobile assembly and distribution company, for transforming the country’s automobile industry. Speaking Tuesday at the launch of new Great Wall Motor SUV (sport utility vehicle) and motorbike models, along with the reopening of the Dzorwulu Showroom in Accra, the…
A member of the 26th batch of the Chinese medical team to Sierra Leone introduces medical devices to Sierra Leonean representatives at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Nov. 12, 2025. The China-aided Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, the first of its kind in Sierra Leone, has officially launched at the Sierra Leone-China…
South Africa’s Inclusive Society Institute (ISI) and China’s Zhejiang Normal University convened a symposium in Cape Town on Monday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Representatives from ISI and the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University held in-depth discussions at the First Nations Heritage Center in the…
By Staff writer China’s remarkable rise from widespread deprivation to the second largest economy in the world has long attracted global attention. Central to understanding this transformation are the personal experiences and governance philosophies of its leaders. Among these, President Xi Jinping’s book Up and Out of Povertystands out as an influential work that distills lessons from China’s grassroots development efforts. …
By Mahmoud Fouly, Yao Bing This photo taken on Sept. 11, 2023 shows the construction site of Central Business District (CBD) project in the new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt. Located in a desert some 50 kilometers east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the CBD constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) covers an…