![African students, who work as volunteers at Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, jump in unison for a group photo in Beijing on Friday. Yuanmingyuan set up a volunteer recruitment team last year. (Photo/Xinhua)
As commercial ties with Africa undergo a transformation, links between various sectors are flourishing and increasing numbers of talented and educated Africans are coming to China to master the skills required to ensure success.](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/a5a0e25615e54d969d46ff6c2695a81a.jpg)
African students, who work as volunteers at Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, jump in unison for a group photo in Beijing on Friday. Yuanmingyuan set up a volunteer recruitment team last year. (Photo/Xinhua)
As commercial ties with Africa undergo a transformation, links between various sectors are flourishing and increasing numbers of talented and educated Africans are coming to China to master the skills required to ensure success.
![Doctor Zhou Xihui (right) conducts clinical instructions to three Malawi doctors at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi\'an Jiaotong University in Shaanxi Province, on Aug. 28. (Photo/Xinhua)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/5d85e132a0d14bb08084bbfba323d1c1.jpg)
Doctor Zhou Xihui (right) conducts clinical instructions to three Malawi doctors at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in Shaanxi Province, on Aug. 28. (Photo/Xinhua)
![Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Diarra Boubacar from Mali poses for photo with his wife and two children at home in Kunming, Yunnan Province, on Aug. 28. (Photo/Xinhua)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/4b64118fac7447cfaeb5d4fade9e7c58.jpg)
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Diarra Boubacar from Mali poses for photo with his wife and two children at home in Kunming, Yunnan Province, on Aug. 28. (Photo/Xinhua)
![Hilda Malecela, a dubbing specialist from Tanzania, chats with StarTimes Group colleagues in Beijing on Aug. 14. (Photo/Xinhua)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/a7d7a4c1c75b4800aea1b65af8c7bf09.jpg)
Hilda Malecela, a dubbing specialist from Tanzania, chats with StarTimes Group colleagues in Beijing on Aug. 14. (Photo/Xinhua)
![A Kenyan railway executive gets on the fast track in a state-of-the-art train simulator in Wuhan, Hubei Province, in June. (Photo/Xinhua)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/386a75a2ae524865848c03890da66b41.jpg)
A Kenyan railway executive gets on the fast track in a state-of-the-art train simulator in Wuhan, Hubei Province, in June. (Photo/Xinhua)
![An Ethiopian student has a helping hand from a teacher at Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Hebei Province in 2016. (Photo/Xinhua)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/0519374c95174137937cc7b849a246eb.jpg)
An Ethiopian student has a helping hand from a teacher at Wuqiao Acrobatic Art School in Hebei Province in 2016. (Photo/Xinhua)
![South Africans get a beat going during the China Yiwu Cultural Products Trade Fair in Zhejiang Province in April. (Photo/China Daily)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/f81344268ae042078cba0e7d83cab4fc.jpg)
South Africans get a beat going during the China Yiwu Cultural Products Trade Fair in Zhejiang Province in April. (Photo/China Daily)
![Somali-born Hodan Osman Abdi helps edit the documentary Africans in Yiwu in Zhejiang Province last year. (Photo/China Daily)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/183eb52a32f1429398a0bf2af3eb32d8.jpg)
Somali-born Hodan Osman Abdi helps edit the documentary Africans in Yiwu in Zhejiang Province last year. (Photo/China Daily)
![A boy, 6, from Malawi, shows his Chinese character cards at his home in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in June. (Photo/China Daily)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/09/05/b379906c38c84c7cbc9e22c9c84cd6c2.jpg)
A boy, 6, from Malawi, shows his Chinese character cards at his home in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, in June. (Photo/China Daily)