Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), addresses the Forum on African Energy Interconnection Development in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018. As a side event of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), the forum is jointly hosted by the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO), the African Union (AU) and ECA. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)