By Wu Siya
WUHAN, Nov. 21 (China Economic Net) – On November 20, the 2025 China-Africa Innovation Cooperation and Development Forum, co-hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Hubei Provincial People’s Government, opened in Wuhan, central China.
During the discussion board, a complete of 12 occasions can be held, similar to a two-way promotion assembly for industrial cooperation initiatives between China and African nations, a China-Africa science and expertise cooperation assume tank discussion board, and a discussion board on the event of oilseed science and expertise innovation and industrial cooperation underneath the Belt and Road Initiative.
Approximately 800 friends, together with authorities officers, diplomats, and overseas friends from 43 nations and areas in China, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, in addition to famend Chinese and African scientists and trade consultants, participated in the discussion board.
The 2025 China-Africa Innovation Cooperation and Development Forum
The fundamental discussion board launched three experiences, particularly African Food-Water Resources-Environmental Protection and Development Scientific Action Plan (2026-2030), Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Poverty Reduction Experience Cases and International Cooperation (English Ver.), in addition to African Industrialization Blue Book (2024) – New Energy Industry.
In addition, this discussion board organized bilateral initiatives such because the China-Tanzania Joint Laboratory for Disease Prevention and Public Health, the China-Egypt Joint Laboratory for the Discovery and Utilization of Natural Active Peptide Resources, and sesame breeding and industrialization growth, with a complete of 39 cooperation agreements had been signed.
African friends go to agricultural expertise middle in Wuhan [Photo provided to CEN]
At the 4th China-Africa Forum on Industrial Innovation and Technology Transfer Cooperation, each side mentioned for the primary time the order-based joint expertise coaching mannequin, immediately addressing the expertise wants of Chinese-funded enterprises working in Africa and the African Free Trade Zone. Hubei University of Technology subsequently signed eight strategic cooperation memorandums and agreements on scientific and technological cooperation and expertise growth, together with the institution of joint laboratories, with organizations such because the Association of African Universities and Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique.
In current years, the excellent strategic partnership between China and Africa has developed quickly, with China sustaining its place as Africa’s largest buying and selling associate for 16 consecutive years. Data exhibits that in the primary three quarters of 2025, China’s exports to Africa elevated by 29.5% in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. Hubei Province’s commerce with Africa exceeded 50 billion yuan final 12 months, and in the primary seven months of this 12 months, its commerce quantity with Africa surpassed 30 billion yuan, a year-on-year improve of 42.5%. The China-Africa Innovation Cooperation Center, spearheaded by Hubei, has already established six branches in Africa and organized 112 Chinese and African establishments to hitch its expertise switch collaboration community.