"The ultimate goal of cooperation with Africa is to build up the self-development capacity of African countries," Wen said at a press conference at the 4th ministerial conference of the Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) that opened on Sunday. "The development of ties between China and Africa is not a new phenomenon. As early as in the last century, China supported the Africans in their efforts to build roads and railways and sent medical teams to African countries" Wen said. "During that period, China did not take a single drop of oil or a single ton of mineral," the Chinese premier said in response to a question about the criticism that China is primarily interested in Africa for trade for Africa's raw materials and minerals. Full Article at People's Daily Online