In the 21st century, maintaining peace, seeking stability and promoting development have become a shared aspiration of people of all countries. In order to further strengthen the friendly cooperation between China and Africa under the new circumstances, to jointly meet the challenge of economic globalization and to promote common development, and in light of suggestions of some African countries, the Chinese Government made the proposal on the convocation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation---Ministerial Conference Beijing 2000, which was positively responded to by the vast number of African countries. The Forum on China-Africa Co-operation is a platform established by China and friendly African countries for collective consultation and dialogue and a cooperation mechanism between the developing countries, which falls into the category of South-South cooperation.

In the 21st century, maintaining peace, seeking stability and promoting development have become a shared aspiration of people of all countries. In order to further strengthen the friendly cooperation between China and Africa under the new circumstances, to jointly meet the challenge of economic globalization and to promote common development, and in light of suggestions of some African countries, the Chinese Government made the proposal on the convocation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation---Ministerial Conference Beijing 2000, which was positively responded to by the vast number of African countries.

The 1st Ministerial Conference (Oct. 10-12, 2000 Beijing, China)

The 2nd Ministerial Conference (Dec. 15-16, 2003 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Beijing Summit and the 3rd Ministerial Conference (Nov. 3-5, 2006 Beijing, China

Beijing Summit and the 3rd Ministerial Conference (Nov. 3-5, 2006 Beijing, China)

The 4th Ministerial Conference (Nov 8-9, 2009 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt)

The 5th Ministerial Conference (July 19-20, Beijing, China)