On Monday, Chinese President Hu Jintao will hold talks with presidents of South Africa and Algeria, and meet with his counterparts of Benin, Togo, Eritrea, Zimbabwe and Niger, on separate occasions.

Also Monday, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo will meet with presidents of Egypt and Algeria, as well as prime ministers of Mauritius and South Africa, respectively.

In separate meetings, Premier Wen Jiabao will discuss issues of shared concern with presidents of Algeria and Egypt, as well as his counterparts from Morocco, Angola, Mauritius, South Africa, Lesotho and Cape Verde.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top advisory body, will meet with president of Burundi, foreign minister of Chad and head of the Economic and Social Council of Cote d'Ivoire.

High-level meetings and talks will last until Tuesday.

Monday also witnesses the opening of an exhibition on African commodities, an event sponsored by China's Ministry of Commerce to showcase a wide variety of African goods including building materials, lumber, food, light industrial products and handicrafts.

At least 100 businesses from more than 20 African countries will participate in the exhibition, which is aimed at expanding China's imports from Africa.

Six African leaders left the Chinese capital for home on Sunday, while more are scheduled to leave in the coming two days, either for home or to continue their China trip in other parts of the country.

The two-day Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the highest-profile gathering between Chinese and African leaders, concluded Sunday after a declaration and an action plan for 2007-2009, had been adopted.

The summit was attended by 41 heads of state or government and senior officials from all the 48 African countries that have diplomatic ties with China, as well as representatives from regional and international organizations.