Chinese-built wind power projects in South Africa are giving more locals stable and abundant electricity, turning what the report describes as a luxury into reality. The piece links the projects to China-Africa cooperation and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, or FOCAC. [1]
It says 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of FOCAC. The article traces China-Africa relations through a series of stages: a new type of partnership, a new type of strategic partnership, a comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership, and an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era. [1]
The report also quotes Xi Jinping as saying that China and Africa’s joint pursuit of modernization will “set off a wave of modernization in the Global South” and “open a new chapter in building a community with a shared future for humanity.” [1]
Xi also said he hoped China and Africa would “steadily advance the implementation of the Beijing Summit's outcomes” and “carefully plan the future development of the FOCAC,” as the two sides work to build an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era. [1]
The timeline in the piece places Xi’s keynote address at the opening ceremony of the FOCAC Beijing Summit in 2024, when it was included in Volume V of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. It also says Xi sent a congratulatory letter in June 2025 to the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the implementation of FOCAC follow-up actions. [1]
With FOCAC’s 25th anniversary in 2025, the report casts the wind projects as part of a wider push in China-Africa cooperation. [1]
