“FOCAC reflects the form and content of Sino-African relations while mapping a future in which both sides can achieve common
prosperity. The objective of this monograph is to provide a full outline of the FOCAC process, from inception to date, focusing on the positive outcomes of this process in advancing Sino-African cooperation and building common development. The research will also propose a comprehensive framework for continued future mutually beneficial interaction.FOCAC’s central role in advancing
a positive China–Africa relationship will be systematically investigated and prospects for FOCAC IV assessed. The third and largest meeting of the Forum for Chinese-African
Cooperation brought together 1 700 delegates from China and Africa in Beijing late in 2006 under the banner of ‘friendship, peace, cooperation and development’. The meeting confirmed China’s new strategic partnership
with Africa and China’s role as a global power on the continent.The summit concluded with the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and the Action Plan 2007–2009, which lays the foundation for a new stage in China–Africa relations, described by Beijing as a new kind of ‘strategic partnership’.”
