China has launched large-scale infrastructure construction including roads, bridges, airports, housing, ports, hospitals and schools, alongside energy cooperation with African countries. Both China and Africa have agreed to put the concept of harmonious development into bilateral cooperation, which will serve as a model for international cooperation, according to him.

China-Africa cooperation has now expanded into the fields of agriculture, science and technology, personnel training, culture, medicine and finance.

China has set up 10 agricultural technology promotion centers in Africa and trained 100 agricultural experts and professionals. China also established 30 anti-malaria centers in the African countries, Liu added.

The 18th World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa holds a symposium on Sino-Afircan cooperation, in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 2008. Liu Guijin (C), special representative of the Chinese government on African affairs, and government officials, businessmen and reporters attended the symposium. (Xinhua Photo) 

Besides trade and economic cooperation, cultural cooperation has gone smoothly between the two sides, including implementation of a large group of inter-governmental cultural exchange programs. Namely, the Confucius colleges and Chinese culture centers have been set up in many African countries, he said.