The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) launched a new website (http://www.focac.org/eng/) on Wednesday in Beijing.

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) launched a new website on Oct. 14, 2009, in Beijing. [China.org.cn]

Zhang Ming, director-general of the Foreign Ministry's Department of African Affairs hosted a launch ceremony for the new site at the Beijing International Hotel. The ceremony was attended by the assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Zhai Jun and ambassadors from African countries.

The new website has Chinese, English and French versions and will carry comprehensive reports on the fourth Ministerial Conference of FOCAC which will be held in Egypt in November this year, said to Mr Zhang.

The site will also carry up-to-date reports on exchanges and dialogue between China and Africa, African news and current affairs, as well as a collection of beautiful photographs of African countries.

To commemorate the upcoming fourth Ministerial Conference of FOCAC, the Chinese Committee of FOCAC and the China National Philatelic Corporation created a special commemorative envelope on Oct. 14, 2009, in Beijing. [China.org.cn]

To commemorate the upcoming fourth Ministerial Conference of FOCAC, the Chinese Committee of FOCAC and the China National Philatelic Corporation created a special commemorative envelope, which was also launched at the Beijing meeting.

FOCAC was established in 2000 as a platform for consultation, dialogue and cooperation mechanism between China and Africa, and is seen by its organizers as an example of South-South cooperation between developing countries.

Under the "Program for China-Africa Cooperation in Economic and Social Development" ministerial meetings take place every three years and senior officials meet every two years, in addition to regular ambassadorial consultations. The Senior Officials Meetings and the Ministerial Conferences alternate between China and Africa.