Cameroonian President Paul Biya arrived in Beijing on Thursday for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Biya's last visit to China was in 2003.

A total of 48 African countries that have diplomatic relations with China are to participate in the two-day summit, which is scheduled to start on Nov. 4.

China and Cameroon established diplomatic ties on March 26, 1971, and bilateral trade totaled 197 million U.S. dollars in 2005.

Source: Xinhua