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Urgent: Landmark China-Africa summit under way, Xi to announce major cooperation measures

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping and dozens of African leaders kicked off here Friday a landmark summit primed to lift the time-honored win-win partnership between the world's largest developing country and the continent that is home to the largest number of developing countries to a higher level.

Xi, co-chairing the two-day gathering with South African President Jacob Zuma, will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, in which he is expected to expound the new features of China's Africa policy and announce a package of major measures designed to further deepen bilateral practical cooperation and help Africa realize independent and sustainable development. Endi