China and DR Congo Strengthen Bilateral Ties with Mining Contract Renegotiations.

China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have upgraded their bilateral relationship from a strategic partnership of win-win cooperation to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. The two sides have forged a close community of shared interests and shared future, with China being the DRC's largest trading partner and source of foreign investment for many years in a row. The joint statement fully demonstrates that China's cooperation with African countries is fully based on their own needs for development, and the two sides are strengthening efforts to seek and practice true multilateralism.