Joint Statement of the Third Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation
Beijing, China
June 21, 2016
The Third Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation was held in Beijing, China from June 20 to
22, 2016. A total of 340 representatives, including government ministers, Deputy Chairperson of
the African Union Commission, Chief Executive Officer of the African Union of Broadcasting, as
well as those from radio, film and television sectors of the People’s Republic of China, Algeria,
Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comores, Republic of the
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunis, Uganda, Zambia and
Zimbabwe attended the forum.
The forum was jointly organized by State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and
Television of the People’s Republic of China and the African Union of Broadcasting. For the
implementing of the achievements at the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation in 2015 and serving the establishment and development of China-Africa
Comprehensive Strategic and Cooperative Partnership, the representatives, in the spirit of equality
and mutual trust, sincerity and friendship, win-win cooperation and common development, had an
extensive and profound exchange of views on “Media Policies Exchanges between China and
Africa”, “Media Cooperation and Capacity Building”, and “Digitalization and Development of
New Media” to carry on the traditional friendship, promote cultural exchanges and deepen media
cooperation between China and Africa. During the forum, the Chinese side and the African side
signed 15 agreements or memorandum of understanding, and agreed to the following:
1. We highly value the achievements of the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation, appreciate the 10 major China-Africa cooperation plans proposed by the Chinese
side, and decide to, on the principles of sincerity, practical results, affinity and good faith and the
correct outlook on justice and gain and under the guidance of the Declaration of the Johannesburg
Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, fully implement the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation Johannesburg Action Plan (2016-2018) to serve the need for the development of
China-Africa Comprehensive Strategic and Cooperative Partnership and jointly usher in a new era
of China-Africa win-win cooperation and common development.
2. We fully recognize the important role of the Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation. Since
the founding in 2012, it has become a major platform for dialogue and an effective mechanism for
practical cooperation between Chinese and African media. Under the guidance and direction of the
forum, China-Africa media cooperation has entered a fast track and become better developed in
structure, more abundant in content, more pluralistic in participants, and more fruitful in
achievement, playing an important role in promoting the understanding of Africa by China, China
by Africa and China and Africa by the rest of the world and contributing to the development of