| Major commitments of Chinese side |
| 2006-09-21 |
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In the FOCAC Addis Ababa Action Plan (2004-2006), the Chinese Government makes the following commitments:
China will continue to increase assistance to African countries under the FOCAC framework; China will strengthen cooperation with Africa in human resources development and train up to 10,000 African personnel in different fields in three years; China will open market and grant tariff-free market access to some commodities from the least developed countries in Africa; China will expand tourism cooperation with Africa and give 8 African countries, namely, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritius, Seychelles, China will sponsor "Meet in Beijing"- an international art festival focusing on African arts and the "Voyage of Chinese Culture to Africa"; China will increase people-to-people exchanges with Africa and propose a "China-Africa Youth Festival" to be held in China in 2004. |