China-Africa expo opens with focus on economic ties, new deals

African volunteers present a performance to welcome visitors at a venue of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 12, 2025. The fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo opened on Thursday in the central Chinese city of Changsha.

Nearly 4,700 Chinese and African companies as well as over 30,000 participants will attend the four-day event, themed "China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization." (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)