To further implement the outcomes of the FOCAC Beijing Summit and respond to the Partnership Action for Green Development, the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) hosted the 5th China-Africa Future Leaders' Dialogue from July 22, 2025 to July 30, 2025 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, and in Beijing. Youth representatives from 12 African countries—including Ghana, Cameroon, and Kenya—together with Chinese youth representatives from Tsinghua University, took part in exchange programs and related activities in two cities.
While in Jinhua, the delegation focused on themes such as educational innovation, rural revitalization, and green industrial transformation. They visited the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Teacher Education Training and the College of Engineering Laboratory at Zhejiang Normal University, as well as the Intelligent Precision Manufacturing Industrial Park at Jinhua University of Vocational Technology, where they learned about China's latest progress in educational innovation and vocational training. They also toured the National Innovation Base for Aquatic Vegetable Breeding, the Chinese medicinal herb resource garden, and the Senshan Health Town, gaining insights into advances in modern, integrated, and industrialized agriculture. Visits to the Baxian Jidao Common Prosperity Belt, Baise Forest Birthday Town, and Lizu Village offered them a firsthand look at the transformation of China's rural areas. The delegation also explored Yiwu International Trade City's one-stop green industry procurement platform, and visited the Former Residence of Chen Wangdao to reflect on the enduring power of revolutionary ideals.
In Beijing, discussions centered on ecological protection, low-carbon development, and urban renewal. The group visited the Zhifengtang Bee Museum and the Nanhaizi Milu Park, witnessing green examples of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature. At Shougang Park's No. 3 Blast Furnace and the NOLO Future Digital Space, they explored the transformation of a century-old industrial site through digitalization. They also visited the Beijing "Two Zones" Exhibition Hall, the Grand Canal Museum of Beijing, and Beijing Wenyuhe Park to better understand how the “dual carbon” vision is being integrated with cutting-edge technology in the capital city.
On July 28, 2025, the Achievements Presentation of the 5th China-Africa Future Leaders' Dialogue and the China-Africa Youth Green Development Dialogue were held in Beijing. Chinese and African youth representatives presented project outcomes on topics including the green transformation of the Rwenzori Coffee Cooperative, wastewater recycling in Ghana's Madina community, China-Africa vocational training cooperation, the China-Africa Youth Poverty Reduction Camp, African Heritage Women's Development, smart agriculture monitoring, and joint photovoltaic energy storage projects. Wang Yu, Secretary of the Leading Party Members' Group of the Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Huang Xiaowei, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asian and African Affairs of the CPAFFC, and Hou Zhenxing, Deputy Governor of Tongzhou District People's Government of Beijing, attended the event and delivered remarks. Xia Xuejie, Deputy Director of the Beijing Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Center, delivered a keynote speech.
During the event, the delegation also attended the World Youth Conference for Peace, the 5th China-Africa Future Leaders' Dialogue Symposium on Green Development, and the "Into Green Beijing" welcoming banquet. Chinese and African youth representatives said that President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the World Youth Conference for Peace had greatly strengthened young people's confidence in safeguarding world peace. They expressed their readiness to take this dialogue as an opportunity to further deepen exchanges and cooperation in science and technology, education, and ecology, and to contribute their youth energy to advancing China-Africa green and sustainable development and building a better future for all.
Launched in 2021 by the CPAFFC under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the China-Africa Future Leaders' Dialogue has become a regular exchange mechanism. This year's dialogue, held as a supporting event of the World Youth Conference for Peace, was co-organized by the Zhejiang Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Jinhua Municipal People's Government, the Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and the Beijing Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Center. It was co-supported by the People's Government of Tongzhou District of Beijing, the Center for Global Competence Development at Tsinghua University, and the China-Africa Leadership Development Institute (CALDI), with support from the China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development.