Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in Beijing on Monday. Tshisekedi is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

Xi recalled that China and the DRC elevated their bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in May 2023. He noted that the two sides have been advancing practical cooperation in various fields since the upgrade of bilateral ties and have become a model for developing countries to jointly promote modernization.

Xi expressed China's willingness to consolidate political mutual trust and seek common development with the DRC. He also emphasized deepening bilateral cooperation in agriculture, mineral processing, and vocational training. China will continue to help the DRC turn its resource advantages into growth drivers, he said.

Xi stressed that at the upcoming FOCAC summit, China and Africa will announce a new positioning of China-Africa relations and a series of major measures for jointly advancing modernization. This will draw a new blueprint for China-Africa relations.