Katia Deng/ Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai will host the annual meeting of African Development Bank (ADB) from May 16 to 17, the spokeswoman for the Shanghai Municipal Government announced at a routine press conference yesterday.

It will be the second time that the ADB annual meeting is being held in a non-African country.

The bank’s 77 member countries and financial organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will send delegations to the meeting.

The meeting will focus on Africa’s infrastructure construction, regional integration and poverty elimination.

The Board of Governors of ADB and the State Council of China have confirmed Shanghai as the host city for the annual meeting.