Chinese Activities in Africa

By vleonvleon

  • China is net importer of oil

  • Peoples Liberation Army Military Commission to Discuss African Defense Policy Convenes

  • Joint Meeting of China's Security Organs Discuss Intelligence Operations in Africa

  • China Initiates Go Out Strategy

  • Trade Between China and Africa is US $2 Billion

  • China Holds Closed Seminar on "21st Century Development Strategy for Sino-African Relations"

  • FOCAC Summit Meeting (Beijing) Attended by 800+ Chinese officials and 44 African Countries

  • China Joins WTO

  • China overtakes Japan as #2 oil consumer

  • Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits Ghana

  • FOCAC Summit Meeting (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

  • China-Africa Business Conference (Ethiopia)

  • China-Africa Youth Festival (Beijing)

  • Workshop for African Journalists

  • China-Africa Seminar on Human Rights (Beijing)

  • Prime Minister Ethiopia Visits China

  • President Guinea Visits China

  • China Sends Peacekeepers to Liberia, Western Sahara, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and DRC

  • China Declares 2006 the "Year of Africa"

  • President of Madagascar Visits China

  • Prime Minister Mauritius Visits China

  • President Eritrea Visits China

  • Conference on China-Africa Cooperation on Environmental Protection (Nairobi)

  • President of DRC Visits China

  • Second Workshop for African Journalists

  • President of Nigeria Visits China

  • New Asian-African Strategic Partnership (NAASP) At Asian-African Summit (Jakarta)

  • Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Lu Guozeng Visits Eritrea and Ethiopia

  • Chinese Cultural Tour Launches in South Africa

  • First African Newspaper Published in Chinese (West African United Business Weekly)

  • President of Kenya Visits China

  • China-Africa Business Council Established

  • First Confucius Institute Opens at University of Nairobi, Kenya

  • Djiboutian Premier Visits Wu Bangguo in China

  • President Republic of Congo Sassau Visits China

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing Attends Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77

  • China-Africa Seminar on Consular Affairs

  • Equatorial Guinea President Visits China

  • Chinese Senior CPC Official Li Changchun Visits Sudan, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania

  • Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju Visits Guinea, Botswana and Madagascar

  • Sino-African Education Minister Forum

  • China Releases "China's African Policy"

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing Visits Cape Verde, Senegal, Mali, Liberia, Nigeria and Libya

  • Third Workshop for African Journalists

  • Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya

  • China-Angola Bilateral Cooperation Agreement

  • Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Commerce Ministr Bo Xilai Visit Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda

  • China Release Its Official Africa Policy

  • FOCAC Summit (Beijing)

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing Visits Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Chad, the Central African Republic, Eritrea and Botswana

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing Visits Chad After It Cuts Ties with Taiwan

  • Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits Sudan, Signs Trade Agreements

  • Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits Mozambique

  • Chairman of CPPCC Jia Qinglin Visits Tunisia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and Kenya

  • China-Africa Development Fund Established

  • President Hu Jintao Visits Cameroon

  • China's Ministry of Commerce Approves 7 Special Economic Zones for Africa

  • South Africa's Deputy President, Phumzile Miambo-Ngcuka Visits Beijing, Meets with President Hu Jintao, Gives Speech on Sino-South African Relations

  • Africa-China-US Trilateral Dialogue

  • Trade Between China and Africa is US $108 Billion

  • FOCAC Summit Meeting (Cairo, Egypt)

  • China-Africa Business Council Seminar on Global Financial Crisis (Beijing)

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Visits Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, and South Africa

  • Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Mauritius

  • China Surpasses U.S. As Africa's Largest Trading Partner

  • Chinese Chairman CPPCC Jia Qinglin Visits Cameroon, Namibia, South Africa

  • Xi Jinping Visits Africa

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Visits Chad, Togo, Gabon, Zimbabwe

  • Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan Visits Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Angola

  • China's Top Legislator Wu Bangguo Visits South Africa, Namibia and Angola

  • First Africa-China Young Leaders Forum

  • China's Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, Zhou Tienong, Visits Ghana

  • Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong Visits Cameroon, Botswana and Namibia

  • China-Africa Trade is US $166 Billion

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Visits Namibia, Nigeria, and Cote d'Ivoire

  • China Funds Building of African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia

  • China's Jia Qinglin Attends AU Summit

  • Chinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu Visits Namibia and Zimbabwe

  • Chinese Defense Minister Meets with South African Military Chief

  • FOCAC Summit Meeting (South Africa)

  • China-Africa Trade Reaches US$198 Billion

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping Met With African Countries To Discuss BRICS

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls China Africa's "All-Weather Friend"

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping Travels to Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania, and South Africa

  • US-China-Africa Trilateral Dialogue

    On May 13, 2013, the Africa Growth Initiative and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, with the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research at the University of Ghana and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, hosted a private roundtable, followed by a public event, to examine the potential for a trilateral relationship between the United States, China and African states. This forum was intended to be the first in a series that will bring a balanced perspectiv

  • China-Africa Trade Reaches US$210 Billion

  • President of Togo Visits China

  • Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Says China-Africa Trade Will Double By 2020

  • Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Visits Ethiopia, the African Union, Nigeria, and Kenya

  • China Provides Ebola Relief of More Than US$120 Million

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Visits Kenya, Sudan, Cameroon, Equatorial Guines and the DRC

  • "Year of China" Declared in South Africa

  • FOCAC Summit (South Africa)