Once covered with poor, dilapidated roads, limited railway lines and inadequate port facilities, the isolated and underdeveloped regions, due to poor connectivity and unending power outages coupled with extreme poverty, today Africa boasts smoother roads, standard gauge railway lines, expanded modern ports and airports, as well as a growing economy, largely attributed to intensified Sino-Africa cooperation over the past two decades through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation platform.

Established 24 years ago, FOCAC has literally given life and shape to Africa, with the impact trickling down to even the most remote areas across the continent. Over the past two decades, Chinese enterprises have built or upgraded more than 10,000 kilometers of railways in Africa, nearly 100,000 km of roads, nearly 1,000 bridges and 100 ports in the continent.