The China-Africa Cooperation Forum is a collective consultation and dialogue mechanism between China and African countries. It focused on cooperation in human resource development, agriculture, infrastructure development, investment and trade.
The first ministerial meeting of the Forum was held in Beijing in 2000.
The third Senior Officials Meeting, or SOM, of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum concluded Saturday in Addis Ababa, with the adoption of the agenda for the forum’s second ministerial conference on Dec 15-16, also in Ethiopia.
The SOM also considered the draft Addis Ababa Action Plan of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 2004-2006 to be adopted by the ministerial conference.
