With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the “land of a thousand hills” in late July, more and more Chinese people began to take note of the beautiful landlocked country in Central and East Africa, Rwanda.

China and Rwanda established their diplomatic relations in 1971. Now China is Rwanda’s biggest trading partner and project contractor, as well as one of the major sources for its foreign investment.

As the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit convenes, China Today interviews Rwandan Ambassador to China Charles Kayonga, who expresses his views on bilateral ties and the momentum of China-Africa cooperation.