Chinese and African leaders will meet in Beijing next week for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). What progress has been made in Sino-African economic and trade relations since the last FOCAC summit? How is China's trade with the continent driving Africa's high-level industrialization? What opportunities and challenges lie ahead?

In this special episode of Media Chats, host Xu Yawen is joined by Gao Junya, a reporter and former correspondent with CGTN Radio in Zimbabwe; Jainaba Sonko, a news presenter and reporter with QTV Gambia; Mary Kadoke, a reporter with The Guardian Newspaper in Tanzania; and Momodou Jallow, a Presidential Affairs Reporter with Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), for a closer look at these issues.