As China-Africa cooperation develops in depth over the past two decades，interest patterns and power structures of international stakeholders in Africa have undergone significant changes. This induces Western powers and the emerging economies to pay close attention to China-Africa cooperation and to take countermeasures against China’s presence in Africa. Therefore，China’s cooperation with African countries is confronted with increasing international competition. China possesses distinctive advantages when cooperating with Africa in terms of manufacturing and infrastructure，despite the fact that Western countries prevail in the overall economic cooperation with Africa and the emerging economies catch up rapidly in certain fields. China should consolidate and enlarge common interests with Africa in promoting Africa’s industrialization and infrastructure improvement，and furthermore enhance its strength in the spheres of agriculture，energy，minerals，cultural exchanges and military cooperation.