China's new pledges to open the country's services sector wider and enhance global cooperation to advance the economic recovery have been widely hailed.
Shock from virus spurs even deeper cooperation with friend from Asia A visiting Chinese medical expert offers suggestions to her Guinean counterparts at the China-Guinea Friendship Hospital in the national capital Conakry in August. XINHUA
The demands of responding to the coronavirus appeared to pose challenges for both China and Africa. Instead, the challenges thrown up by the pandemic have presented even greater opportunities for cooperation, solidarity and partnership between the two sides.
The pandemic has become the common enemy of the world over the past year. After making tremendous efforts against the virus, China has succeeded in controlling its spread, enabling industries to resume normal production even as pockets of infections flare up sporadically.