4.3 Education and Human Resources 4.4 Cooperation and Exchanges on Poverty Reduction and Rural Development 4.5 Science and Technology Cooperation and Knowledge Sharing 4.6 Cyber Security Cooperation 5. Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges 5.1 Tourism 5.2 Culture 5.3 Press and Media 5.4 Academia and Think Tanks 5.5 Sub-national and People-to-People Exchanges 5.6 Youth and Women 6. Peace and Security Cooperation 6.1 Military, Police, Counter-terrorism and Law Enforcement 6.2 Anti-corruption, Consular Affairs, Immigration and Judiciary 7. Green Development 7.1 Ecological Protection and Climate Response 7.2 Maritime Cooperation 7.3 Cooperation on Energy and Natural Resources 8. Experience Sharing on State Governance 9. FOCAC Institutional Development 1. Preamble 1.1 The 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held in Dakar from November 29th to 30th 2021. The Heads of Delegation of China and the Heads of Delegation of 53 African countries and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the two sides”) attended the Conference. 1.2 The two sides commend the development of relations between China and Africa, and believe that over the past 21 years since its inception, the Forum has strongly promoted the development of relations between China and Africa, and become an important benchmark for international cooperation with Africa. 2/36