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BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is paying official visit to Africa from Jan. 7 to 13. This is his first overseas visit in 2020, which marks the 30th consecutive year since 1991 that a Chinese foreign minister has visited Africa at the start of every year.
China values its traditional friendship with Africa and has attached great importance to the development of China-Africa ties. Let's have a glimpse of that closeness through a selection of Chinese President Xi Jinping's remarks on China-Africa ties:
-- "China and African countries are destined to be good friends, good brothers and good partners, and China-Africa cooperation stands as a fine example of South-South cooperation." (Excerpts from Xi's speech titled "Keeping Abreast of the Trend of the Times to Achieve Common Development" at the BRICS Business Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 25, 2018)
A train runs on the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway built by Chinese firms during an operational test near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Oct. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
-- "No matter how the international situation changes and to what stage China develops, China will, as always, stand with all developing countries, including African countries, and be a sincere friend and a reliable partner of Africa." (Excerpts from Xi's talks with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 3, 2018)
Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2019 shows the new parliament building under construction by China's Shanghai Construction Group in Mount Hampden, about 25 kilometers west of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Chen Yaqin/Xinhua)
-- China has always adhered to the principle of "African issues should be addressed by the African people in the African way," Xi said, stressing that the country will never interfere in internal affairs of the African countries. (Excerpts from Xi's remarks when meeting with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, AU Commission chairperson, in Pretoria, South Africa, Dec. 3, 2015)
Chinese tourists are seen in the Khan el-Khalili bazaar market in Cairo, Egypt on Dec. 8, 2019. The narrow alleys of Egypt's famous Khan el-Khalili bazaar market in the capital Cairo bustled with large numbers of Chinese tourists during a sunny warm winter day. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
-- "The development of China-Africa ties can only be in present continuous tense, and never in present perfect tense." (Excerpts from Xi's remarks at a breakfast meeting with African leaders in Durban, South Africa on March 28, 2013)
