Gou Ping, Vice Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), attended and addressed the China-Zambia investment promotion event on Sept 14.
Gou Ping, Vice Chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), attends and addresses the China-Zambia investment promotion event on Sept 14. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Gou stated that SASAC firmly implements the important consensus reached by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, and actively carry out China-Africa cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, facilitating fruitful cooperation between Chinese central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and Zambia in such fields as mineral resources, transportation, electricity, manufacturing and agriculture etc.
Looking ahead, Chinese central SOEs, together with their Zambian counterparts, will continuously enhance the quality of cooperation, expand collaboration opportunities, focus on enriching the cooperation outcomes, and actively carry out the nine programs under the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, and the three proposals for China-Africa cooperation – the Initiative on Supporting Africa's Industrialization, the Plan for China Supporting Africa's Agricultural Modernization, and the Plan for China-Africa Cooperation on Talent Development, in a bid to make more contributions to taking China-Zambia and China-Africa economic and trade cooperation to new heights and achieve greater outcomes, said Gou.
The investment promotion event was hosted by the Embassy of China in Zambia and organized by China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd.. Senior officials of eight central SOEs also attended the event. Gou and some SOEs officials held exchanges with President Hakainde Hichilema prior to the event.
(Executive editor: Hao Wen)
