On August 14, 2009, Vice Foreign Minister Li Jinzhang met in the Olive Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the African youth delegation consisting of nearly 200 African youths, who came to attend the Third China-Africa Youth Festival. He also took a group photo with the delegation. Li hoped that the youths of China and Africa would continue to strengthen exchanges and carry forward the traditional friendship between China and Africa in various forms and through different channels. The head of the African youth delegation said in his speech that Africa thanks the Chinese government for providing an opportunity for the young people to meet, get acquitted with and understand each other. Africa would learn more from China's successful development experience so as to boost the development of Africa. He also expressed best wishes for a complete success of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.