Forum on China-Africa Cooperation – Industrialisation and Agricultural Modernisation, 2018

As the Chinese economy continues to grow, increased commercial engagement with Africa will offer the continent new and rewarding prospects for trade, investment and economic development. At the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which was held in 2015, H.E. President Xi Jinping of China announced the ten cooperation plans that include industrialisation and agricultural modernisation. Johannesburg Action Plan (2016- 2018) also emanated from the 2015 Johannesburg Summit, and was implemented by China and African countries to serve as a turning point for continental industrial growth. The biggest challenge facing governance in the 21st century Africa is industrial development. Industrial development is one of the key agencies of sustainable growth and development. Moreover, for FOCAC to succeed, China-Africa cooperation will have to promote industrial best practices to reduce poverty and inequality and raise standards of living in both regions. The objective of this book is to analyse the implications and benefits of promoting industrial development and agricultural modernisation through FOCAC for both regions. The new policy initiatives and proposals outlined in this study could make a valuable contribution by strengthening FOCAC and advancing Africa’s economic development. This book is the second volume. The first volume, FOCAC 2015: A new beginning of China-Africa relations, was published in 2015.

PART 1: KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

PART 2: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Towards FOCAC 2018: Strengthening the FOCAC Agenda on Industrialisation and Agricultural Modernisation

PART 3: CHINA-AFRICA INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION
Chapter 2: China’s Special Economic Zones: Best Practices for Industrial Cooperation between China and Africa

Chapter 3: China’s Economic and Trade Cooperation Zones in Africa: A Viable Model of Development?

Chapter 4: China and Africa’s Industrialisation: The Current Situation, Challenges, Fears and Policy Options

Chapter 5: Africa’s Industrialisation and China’s OFDI in the Manufacturing Sector: Rationale and Practices

Chapter 6: Africa’s Mineral Resources Sector and Evolving Relations with China: Transitioning from Resources Dependency to Economic Diversification through Mineral Beneficiation

Chapter 7: The Realities of Industrial 1.0 in Africa through FOCAC

Chapter 8: China’s Inward-looking Industrialisation: An Inspiration for West Africa to Establish Regional Value Chains?

PART 4: CHINA-AFRICA AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
Chapter 9: Food Security in Africa: Problems and Solutions

Chapter 10: Agricultural Cooperation between China and Mozambique: The Situation and the Problems

Chapter 11: Between Promise and Profit: Chinese Agro-Investment and the Challenges of Operating in South Africa

Chapter 12: FOCAC, Agricultural Development and China-Africa Cooperation

Chapter 13: The Political Economy of Industrialisation and Agricultural Development in Africa

Chapter 14: Africa-China Agriculture Modernisation Cooperation: Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities

PART 5: ENHANCING SYNERGIES IN CHINAAFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION
Chapter 15: Aligning China-Africa Cooperation with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Chapter 16: The Role of China-Africa Relations in the Promotion of the Right to Development in Africa

Chapter 17: Post FOCAC vi – Synergy or Anergy in the China-Africa Cooperation

PART 6: CONCLUSION
Chapter 18: A new FOCAC Agenda for Agricultural Modernisation and Industrialisation