On May 25, 2010, Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo attended a reception held by the African Diplomatic Corps in Beijing to mark the “Africa Day”.

Addressing the reception, Dai warmly congratulated the African countries and people on the occasion of the “Africa Day” and appreciated the achievements made by Africa in the fields of peace, security, economic and social development. Dai applauded the development of China-Africa relations, strengthened mutual trust and steady promotion of cooperation in fields including trade and culture. He said China and Africa had worked closely to implement the outcomes of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Egypt on November 2009, especially the new eight measures for cooperation with Africa. China thanked for the resolute support offered by African countries on major issues concerning Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang over the years and China was willing to work with African countries to constantly consolidate traditional friendship, enhance pragmatic cooperation in various fields and open up new prospects for the new type of China-Africa strategic partnership, he said. Dai also made positive comments on African countries’ support of and participation in the Shanghai World Expo.

Sudanese Ambassador to China and Acting Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps Mirghani Mohamed Salih and Malawian Ambassador to China Charles Namondwe delivered speeches respectively. Malawi is now holding the rotating presidency of the African Union. Mirghani hailed the steady development of Africa-China relations in the past ten years, saying that the Beijing summit and the fourth ministerial meeting of the FOCAC have comprehensively deepened the new type of Africa-China strategic partnership. Namondwe said Africa welcomes China’s swift action to implement the outcomes of the fourth ministerial meeting of the FOCAC and thanked for China's commitment and efforts to improve the livelihoods of the African people. He also congratulated on the success of the Shanghai World Expo on behalf of the member countries of the African Union.

At the reception, Mirghani Mohamed Salih also delivered to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun a 100,000-yuan (14,600 U.S. dollars) donation made by the African Diplomatic Corps for reconstruction work in Qinghai Province's Yushu County.