Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit on Monday at the United Nations. "He was the founding father of the new South Africa," said Wang. "In Mr. Mandela's time, it was the strong moral pressure of the UN and international community that accelerated the disintegration of apartheid," he said. Not long ago, the forum on China-Africa cooperation had its successful Beijing Summit, Wang said. In December 2017, UN member states decided to hold the peace summit to mark the 100th anniversary of Mandela's birth.