China-Africa friendship is expected to continue to flourish as cooperation is further deepened in various areas after the ongoing 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal. China will provide an additional 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa, carry out 10 projects on poverty alleviation and agriculture, and conduct more programs with Africa in various areas, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Monday when addressing the opening ceremony of the meeting via video link.