On September 11, Minister Zhang Wei, Deputy Head of Mission of China to the African Union, and his team paid a visit to the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL), and exchanged views with Acting Executive Director Amb. Jalel Chelba. Yang Kai, Police Liaison Officer of the Chinese Embassy in Algeria, and others were present.

Minister Zhang spoke highly of the current China-Africa relations and stated that China-Africa cooperation cannot thrive without a secure environment. The Chinese Mission is ready to work with AFRIPOL to implement the cooperation items outlined in the Partnership Action for Common Security announced at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and the Beijing Action Plan, so as to address the root causes of security issues. Minister Zhang also gave an in-depth briefing on the Global Governance Initiative (GGI).

Amb. Chelba expressed gratitude for the Chinese side's visit, and introduced their efforts in organizing and coordinating cooperation among police institutions of African countries and sub-regional organizations. He also expressed his expectation to strengthen cooperation with China in areas such as capacity building, artificial intelligence, data laboratory, and online training platform construction, so as to provide security guarantees for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects as well as Chinese enterprises and citizens in Africa.