On February 15, President Xi Jinping called the 38th African Union Summit to extend his warm congratulations to African countries and people.

Xi Jinping pointed out that in the face of the current chaotic international situation, the "Global South" represented by China and Africa has grown dramatically. In the past year, the African Union has united and led African countries to vigorously promote integration, actively respond to regional and global challenges, and unanimously made an "African voice" to lead Africa's international status and influence to continuously improve. I sincerely wish African countries and people to continue to achieve new and greater success on the road of independence, development and revitalization.

Xi Jinping stressed that 2024 is a year for the vigorous development of China-Africa relations. The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was successfully held. China and Africa ushered in a new stage of building a community with a shared future for a new era, and continued to be at the forefront of the era of building a community with a shared future for mankind. I am willing to work with African leaders to promote the implementation of the six major propositions of China and Africa working together to promote modernization and the "Ten Partner Actions" to benefit more than 2.8 billion people of China and Africa with more tangible results.