The Establishment of Mechanisms for India–Africa Cooperation and Lessons for China

　　ABSTRACT: Beginning from the 21st Century, cooperation between India and Africa gradually deepened, with mechanisms for cooperation continuously evolving. On the basis of mechanisms inherited from the Cold War era, India has already developed a network for high level coordination and cooperation with Africa including internal and external linkages at both the public and private level, and the incorporation of both bilateral and multilateral elements and traditional and innovative projects. The development of this platform for cooperation has helped India promote progress towards its policy goals in Africa. While comparatively speaking, the framework for India – Africa cooperation clearly falls short of that for Sino-Africa cooperation, there are still many elements of India-Africa cooperation that China should carefully study and consider incorporating into its own scheme for Africa cooperation.