Op 5 september 2024 vond in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, de opening van de 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Afrika Cooperation plaats. Deze Summit is van 4 tot en met 6 september 2024 en wordt om de 3 jaar gehouden. Dit evenement bracht een aantal prominente leiders uit diverse Afrikaanse landen bijeen, met als doel de samenwerking tussen China en Afrika te bevorderen. Het is het negende forum en wordt door de Chinese President Xi Jinping geopend.

Het staatshoofd zei tijdens zijn toespraak het volgende:
The friendship between China and Africa transcends time and space, surmounts mountains and oceans, and passes down through generations. The founding of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2000 was a milestone in the history of China-Africa relations. Over the past 24 years, especially in the new era, China has advanced forward hand in hand with our African brothers and sisters in the spirit of sincerity, real results, amity and good faith. We stand shoulder to shoulder with each other to firmly defend our legitimate rights and interests as once-in-a-century changes sweep across the world. We get stronger and more resilient together by riding the tide of economic globalization, delivering tangible benefits to billions of ordinary Chinese and Africans. We share weal and woe in fighting natural disasters and epidemics together, creating touching stories of China-Africa friendship. We always empathize with and support each other, setting a stellar example of a new type of international relations.