Keynote Speech By Ji Bingxuan,Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and President of the Chinese Association for International Understanding at the Opening Session of the Sixth China-Africa People's Forum

Distinguished guests,Ladies and gentlemen,friends,It gives me great pleasure to attend the Sixth ChinaAfrica People 's Forum.Mr.Song Tao,Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee,just read out the congratulatory letter sent by Xi Jinping,General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of China,which demonstrates that the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government attach high importance to China-Africa comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership andpeople-to-people exchanges,charting the course for inheriting our traditional friendship.