The first Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics For a New Era to be established in Africa was launched in Tanzania on May 19. It is based at the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School in Kibaha and aims to strengthen ideological cooperation and governance ties between China and Southern African liberation movements, according to media accounts.
Those present included senior leaders from the Communist Party of China (CPC), Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and representatives of Southern African liberation parties that jointly own the leadership school. These include CCM, South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC), Mozambique’s FRELIMO, Angola’s MPLA, Namibia’s SWAPO and Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF. Built with Chinese support, the institution was officially inaugurated in 2022. According to figures released during the event, the school conducted 93 leadership and policy programs between February 2022 and December 2025, attracting more than 14,700 participants.
Leading the Chinese delegation was Liu Haixing, a member of the CPC Central Committee and Minister for the International Department of the CPC. Speaking at the event Liu said, “Today, Africa’s first Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought is officially established in Tanzania. It will further deepen China-Africa friendship and inject new momentum into cooperation among the six sister parties under the new international environment.”