On May 20, the Seminar on Chinese Modernization and African Development was held in the lecture hall of the Zhengyang Center at Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU). He Hongyan, the Minister Counselor of the Department of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ruan Ganghui, the Deputy Mayor of Jinhua Municipal People's Government, and Zhang Genfu, the Vice President of ZJNU attend the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.

After the opening ceremony, the first lecture "China's Foreign Policy and China-Africa Relations" was presided over by Professor Liu Hongwu, the Dean of the African Institute (African Regional Institute), and He Hongyan. He Hongyan discussed China's foreign policy, its history, its current situation, and the future of China-Africa relations with the students.

The seminar was sponsored by the Secretariat of the Chinese Follow-up Committee for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and undertaken by the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang, the People's Government of Jinhua City, and ZJNU.