Journalists film China's President Xi Jinping and leaders from African countries as they prepare for a group photo session before the opening ceremony of the China Africa Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)
China's President Xi Jinping, center right, shakes hands with leaders from African countries as they arrive for a group photo session before the opening ceremony of the China Africa Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Florence Lo/Pool Photo via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, real from left, Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema applaud as they witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the revitalisation project of the Tanzania-Zambia Authority railway, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, ahead of the China Africa Forum. (Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua via AP)
Senegal's Foreign Minister Yassine Fall delivers a speech at the ministerial conference of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio before their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, ahead of the China Africa Forum. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)
China's President Xi Jinping, center, and leaders from African countries prepare to leave after a group photo session for the opening ceremony of the China Africa Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping gesture as they are greeted by children waving flowers and flags during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, ahead of the China Africa Forum. (Yin Bogu/Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, meets with Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, ahead of the China Africa Forum. (Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AP)
China's President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, greet the press during a reception at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Andres Martinez Casares/Pool via AP)
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers a speech at the ministerial conference of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)