The first seminar held by the Information Office of China's State Council for African press officials opened Saturday in Beijing.

Press officials from 17 African countries will participate in the two-week seminar. They will exchange views with Chinese journalists and learn more about China's achievements.

This seminar is the first of its kind and a result of the cooperation between the governments of China and African countries.

Besides Beijing, the participants will travel to Shanghai, Chongqing and Suzhou.

One-hundred seminar participants, African diplomats to China, Chinese officials and media representatives attended a reception here Saturday evening sponsored by the Information Office of State Council for the opening of the seminar.

Source: Xinhua