Upon landing at Maya-Maya Airport in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, it is quickly apparent the brand new terminal building was constructed by Chinese.
President Xi Jinping's visits to Russia and African nations continued the traditional friendship and expanded "win-win cooperation", said Foreign Minister Wang Yi.Comment: Convergence of interests
During the past 50 years, China has sent more than 17,000 medical workers to 48 countries in Africa, treating nearly 200 million people on the continent, statistics from the commission showed.
Top Chinese and Indian leaders on Wednesday made assurances that the development of bilateral relations is among the top priorities of each other's foreign policy.
As soon as President Xi Jinping selected Africa as one of his destinations on his first foreign trip as leader, a hectic schedule was drawn up by his hosts.
Xi attends meeting with African leaders
Bilateral relations a top priority
BRICS 'set to be global force' Special
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.
Sound and sustainable agricultural cooperation between China and African countries should be based on a win-win formula, according to a senior expert.
As incomes in emerging markets increase, Africans stand to benefit greatly from the continent's membership in the BRICS group, a financial analyst said.
China has a reputation for helping African countries, but this school, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has reversed the trend.
Western critics of the China-Africa relationship are often guilty of superficial research and a lack of objectivity, according to a leading South African academic.
A BRICS Bank could help foster even more trade between the countries involved, said Jim O’Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
China would like to forge relations with South Africa based on the model of cooperation between major developing economies.