1 / 9   Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to South Africa and stay in the country’s biggest city Johannesburg for the 10th BRICS Summit. Ahead of Xi’s visit, let’s have a quick quiz and get some fun facts about South Africa. /CGTN Photo

2 / 9   The country, the southernmost in Africa, is officially called the Republic of South Africa (RSA) and has a population of 56 million. /VCG Photo

3 / 9   South Africa does not legally have a specific capital. Cape Town, Pretoria and Bloemfontein respectively serve as the legislative, executive, and judicial capitals of the country. /VCG Photo

4 / 9   The country is described as a “rainbow nation” over its cultural diversity. According to the constitution, South Africa has 11 official languages, one of the highest numbers in the world. /VCG Photo

5 / 9   Northeastern South Africa is like a zoo with Transvaal lions, African leopards, South African cheetahs, southern white rhinos, blue wildebeest, kudus, impalas, hyenas, hippopotamuses and South African giraffes. /VCG Photo

6 / 9   It is now the only country in the world to have hosted the Soccer, Cricket and Rugby World Cup! /VCG Photo

7 / 9   South African brewery SABMiller ranks first in the world by volume. One of the reasons is that it supplies up to 50 percent of China’s beer. /VCG Photo

8 / 9   South African President Jacob Zuma visited China and participated in the 9th BRICS Xiamen Summit last year. During his visit, South Africa and China signed 23 agreements valued at over 7.38 billion US dollars. The value of these agreements broke the record of value of deals in South Africa’s history signed during a state visit. /VCG Photo

9 / 9   South Africa and China established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1998. The two sides will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of ties this year. /CGTN Photo