Héribert-Label Elisée ADJOVI / Special Envoy to Xi’an
In view of the outcomes of the Xi’an summit—held in the historic capital and legendary cradle of Chinese culture and civilization—and considering the appeals made by both Chinese and African parties to ensure the flame ignited throughout the seminar week on “Chinese-style modernization and Africa’s development” continues to burn, fifty (50) African experts—University Professors, Research Institute Directors, and Think Tank Presidents, with one representative per country—have, with the support of the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-Up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the International Exchange Center of the Yangling Demonstration Zone (organizers of the seminar), decided to create the Xi’an Think Tank for China-Africa Cooperation and Development.
To this end, the seminar participants unanimously appointed Héribert-Label Elisée Adjovi, expert on international and Sino-African affairs, writer, President of the Journalists’ Caucus for the Global South Community of Destiny, President of the Pan-African Journalists’ Caucus, and Ambassador of the African Diaspora State, as President of the Think Tank. He is responsible for conducting consultations to establish the organization’s Executive Bureau—made up of the President, Secretaries General (Francophone and Anglophone), five Coordinators by continental geographic zone, a Treasurer and a General Organizer—as well as drafting the governing statutes. This Think Tank will work closely with public authorities in China and the 53 African member countries of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to build a People-centered China-Africa Community.