Wei Jianguo, former vice-minister of commerce and secretary-general of China Center for International Economic Exchanges, had been working in African countries for about 20 years. He shared his experiences and talked about the changes that have happened to Africa with China Daily in an exclusive interview on April 10.

Reporter: Lin Hanqing

Technical director: Lou Yi

Videographer: Cong Ruiting

Editor: Cong Ruiting

Photographer: Sun Peng

Subtitles: Lu Yanyu & Chris Clark

Producer: Flora Yue