Strategic Minerals Cooperation · Win-Win China-Africa Development

• Event Name: Strategic Minerals Cooperation · Win-Win China-Africa Development
• Theme: DRC-China Strategic Minerals Cooperation Forum
• Date: Q2 2026
• Location: Embassy of DRC in Beijing
• Organizer: Embassy of DRC in Beijing

Country Profile

• Full Name: Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Capital: Kinshasa
• Population: 102 million
• Resource Advantage: World’s largest cobalt reserves, accounting for over 50% of the global share

Key Cooperation Areas

1. Strategic Minerals Development: Cobalt and copper mining and smelting, lithium battery industrial chain construction, connecting the global new energy value chain.
2. Infrastructure Construction: Construction of transportation infrastructure such as roads, railways, bridges, ports and airports to improve domestic connectivity.
3. Energy & Power: Hydropower and thermal power plant construction, power transmission and transformation projects, rural power grid upgrading.
4. Agricultural Modernization: Grain cultivation, agricultural machinery supply, agricultural products processing and modern agricultural park construction.

Core Cooperation Advantages

• Holds globally irreplaceable cobalt reserves, core raw material for electric vehicle batteries
• Policy support for Chinese investment in the new energy mineral value chain
• Regular policy exchanges on strategic mineral development and management
• Huge infrastructure demand and broad market development space
• Key partner for China-Africa new energy and mineral resources cooperation

Keywords

DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cobalt, Copper, Strategic Minerals, Lithium Battery, New Energy, Africa Investment, Mineral Resources, Infrastructure