Dar es Salaam, May 2 -- AS the global economic influence increasingly shifts to the Global South, China–Africa economic and trade cooperation has become a key partnership influencing Africas industrial development. Starting in the early 2000s, what was once mainly based on resources has developed into a complex and multi-faceted relationship involving infrastructure, manufacturing, trade, finance and technology.

Today, this partnership not only transforms Africas industrial landscape by significantly contributing to its industrialisation, boosting self-sustaining development and fostering mutual benefits and win-win cooperation as China opens its market to Africa, but also positions the continent to join global value chains and ben...