Qian Xingkun, senior vice president of the China National Petroleum Corporation Economic and Technological Research Institute (CNPC ETRI), speaks on a forum discussing China-Africa cooperation in the energy sector under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, Dec. 13, 2019. The forum, the first of its kind, was organized by Nairobi-based Pan-African think-tank Africa Policy Institute (API) in partnership with China National Petroleum Corporation Economic and Technological Research Institute (CNPC ETRI), the research arm of China's biggest oil company. (Xinhua/Li Yan)