section_path: Politics/Foreign relations/Africa–China relations
section_name: Africa–China relations
paragraph_text: Africa–China relations
  
  One of the leading economic partners of the continent has been the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation is the main multi-lateral coordination mechanism between the African countries and China. Since joining FOCAC in 2012, the African Union has increasingly played a coordinating role, although each African country in FOCAC continues to represent itself individually.