Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). 

Recalling that China and the DRC elevated the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in May 2023, Xi said the two sides have been advancing practical cooperation in various fields since the upgrade of bilateral ties and have become a model for developing countries to jointly promote modernization.