中非法律外交具有特定的时代背景与重大的现实意义。自新中国成立以来，中非法律外交经历了起步、中断、发展与提速四个历史时期。自2009年“中非合作论坛—法律论坛”设立以来，特别是《北京行动计划（2013—2015）》和《约翰内斯堡行动计划（2016—2018）》实施六年多来，中非法律外交，无论是官方还是民间，都取得了许多重要成果，但也暴露了一些不足。在中非共建“一带一路”与共推产能合作的新时代背景下，中非法律外交需要在理论构建、数质提升、平台搭建、人才培养和学术研究等方面有新的举措。
China-Africa legal diplomacy has a specific background and great practical significance. Since the founding of the new China，China-Africa legal diplomacy has gone through four historical periods：beginning，stagnation，development and acceleration. Since the establishment of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation-Legal Forum in 2009，and especially since the implementation of the Beijing Action Plan（2013-2015）and Johannesburg Action Plan（2016-2018）over the past six years，China-Africa legal diplomacy，both official and private，has made many important achievements，but there are also some deficiencies exposed. In the new era when China and Africa jointly build “the Belt and Road” and jointly promote production capacity cooperation，to develop China-Africa legal diplomacy，we need to take new measures in theoretical construction，quantitative improvement，platform building，talent training and academic research.
