The establishment ceremony and the first plenary session of the China-Africa Friendship Group of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held Wednesday in Beijing.

Wang Zhengwei, vice chairperson of the CPPCC National Committee and head of the group, said at the meeting that the founding of the group is a concrete act to push forward the implementation of the outcomes of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

He asked the CPPCC members to ensure a good start for the group with better planning and research, and to prove the sense of mission and responsibility of political advisors of the new era.