The media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) starts trial operation in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
The media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) starts trial operation in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
Li Minggang, deputy director of the information department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, talks to reporters at the start of trial operation of the media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
Li Minggang, deputy director of the information department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, talks to reporters at the start of trial operation of the media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
The media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) starts trial operation in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
Chinese President Xi Jinping's book on governance on display at the media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
Prayer room in the media center for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, Aug. 29, 2018. Covering about 8,300 square meters, the center has eight functional zones, including an area for press conferences and cultural display. The FOCAC was founded in 2000 and its membership had grown by June to include China, 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China and the African Union Commission, according to the FOCAC website. (Photo: China News Service/Fu Tian)
