Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall attend a handover ceremony of the National Wrestling Arena built with Chinese aid in Dakar, Senegal, July 22, 2018.

Banners celebrating China-Africa relations and China-Senegal friendship were seen hanging at the arena.

The National Wrestling Arena is a vivid reflection of the profound friendship between the Chinese and the Senegalese, Xi said.

Noting that wrestling is the national treasure of Senegal, Sall extended heartfelt thanks to China for helping build such a modern and multi-functional arena for his country.

The arena is a new emblem of Senegal-China friendship, he added.

The arena, the first modern one in Africa, is the largest aid project China has carried out in Senegal.

(Compiled by Bai Yuanqi)