China News Service, November 29. President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on the evening of the 29th and delivered a keynote speech.

  Xi Jinping pointed out that this year marks the 50th anniversary of China's restoration of its legal seat in the United Nations.

I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the vast number of African friends who supported China in those days!

China will never forget the profound friendship of African countries, and will continue to uphold the concept of true sincerity and correct justice and benefit, and work with African friends to pass on and carry forward the spirit of China-Africa friendship and cooperation from generation to generation.

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