Rwandan President Paul Kagame and President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana left Shanghai on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. During their stay in Shanghai, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held one-on-one meetings with them. They also attended the opening ceremony of the ADB meetings held from Wednesday to Thursday.

  Participants focused their discussions on ADB reform, development of financing, debts management, aid to vulnerable countries and Asia-Africa cooperation, among other issues.

  People's Bank of China president Zhou Xiaochuan, who chaired the meetings, said the meetings helped give birth to the ADB blueprint on how to carry out poverty-eradication and development programs in a more effective way.

  A series of business seminars were staged on the sidelines of the ADB board meetings, which helped companies and entrepreneurs from China and African countries tap more business potential.