BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- China and Africa should stick to cooperation to fight the pandemic, deepen pragmatic cooperation, promote green development, and safeguard equity and justice, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday.

Kenyans sing and dance beside a Chinese-made locomotive for the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, in Mombasa of Kenya Jan. 11, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua)

Xi made the four proposals on building the China-Africa community with a shared future in the new era at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation via video link.