Facing barriers in West, China to push green products at Africa summit    

FILE - An employee works on solar photovoltaic modules that will be exported at a factory in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, Jan. 4, 2024. FILE - China's President Xi Jinping is pictured on a big screen during an evening news program, showing Xi's keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 8th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at a mall in Beijing on Nov. 30, 2021.

As the West clamps down on imports of green technology products from China, the world’s biggest manufacturer is looking for new markets, and that is a topic analysts say will dominate the agenda next month at a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, or FOCAC, in Beijing.