Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently concluded a three-nation African tour, reaffirming China's commitment to deepening strategic trust, expanding development cooperation, and advancing modernization with African partners. This visit continues a 36-year diplomatic tradition of China's foreign ministers making Africa their first overseas trip of the year.

• Over the past 11 months of 2023, China-Africa trade surpassed $300 billion for the first time, marking a 17.8 percent year-on-year increase.
• The implementation of "zero tariffs" for 100 percent of tariff lines for all 53 African countries with diplomatic relations was highlighted as a key step in China's unilateral opening-up.
• In Addis Ababa, Wang held the ninth China-AU Strategic Dialogue and launched the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, with nearly 600 activities planned.