Mr Xi made the pledge during a meeting with leaders from the African Union and 11 African countries. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING/JOHANNESBURG - China's leader Xi Jinping told African leaders at a meeting on the sidelines of the Brics summit on Thursday that China would launch initiatives to support Africa's industrialisation and agricultural modernisation.
Mr Xi's pledge was made as the Brics Summit wrapped up, during a meeting with leaders and ministers from the African Union and 11 African countries including Libya, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia.It also comes after China's top Africa diplomat Wu Peng said earlier this week that African countries wanted China to shift its focus from building infrastructure on the continent to local industrialisation.
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