Development: African Countries and Cooperation

development: The continuing China-Africa cooperation is not just meant to deepen their traditional friendship, but is also needed to support the economic development in the African continent, according to Global Times China. With the accelerating economic development, industrialization and urbanization in Africa, funds have been continually injected into various African countries. As a diplomatic tradition, the Chinese foreign minister has visited Africa first each year, for the past 29 consecutive years. At present, China is the largest investor in the continent, with its investment covering many development areas. Subsequently, 37 African countries and the AU signed the B&R cooperation documents with China, which agreed to take the opportunity of B&R to deepen the cooperation and assist in supporting developmental demands of the region. For this reason, during the 29th Summit of the African Union AU held in 2017, several senior AU officials said that the connection between AU's 2063 Agenda and the Belt and Road B&R initiative should be strengthened. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.