More than 200 major Sino-African cultural communication events are being staged this year, the Ministry of Culture said on Tuesday.

Chinese Culture in Focus, an annual project launched by the ministry in 2008 to promote cultural communication between China and Africa, will cover more than 20 African countries, according to Zhao Haisheng, deputy director of the ministry's Bureau for External Cultural Relations.

The countries include South Africa, Ethiopia and Tanzania, Zhao said at a news conference held by the ministry.