Containers are being loaded onto a truck at Lekki Port in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 30, 2024. Lekki Port, a commercial cooperation project constructed by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd., stands as Nigeria's first deep seaport and one of the largest of its kind in West Africa. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)

　　* As the world's largest developing country and the continent with the highest number of developing countries, China and Africa are charting the course for shared progress and revitalization, facilitating the modernization of the Global South and injecting “Southern“ power into global prosperity and development.

　　* Over the years, China-Africa cooperation has propelled Africa's growth by empowering African youth through initiatives such as the Luban Workshops, Confucius Institutes, and the China-Africa Universities 100 Cooperation Plan.

　　NAIROBI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a visit to four African countries -- Namibia, the Republic of the Congo, Chad, and Nigeria -- from Jan. 5 to 11, marking the 35th consecutive year that China's foreign minister has chosen Africa as the destination for the first overseas trip of the year.

　　Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has hailed it as a longstanding tradition and a distinctive hallmark of China's diplomacy that stems from the deep and enduring friendship between China and Africa.