China-Africa cooperation needs to be updated for greater quality and efficiency and strive for new and bigger progress against all odds, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said on Tuesday at the opening of the China-Africa Relations Roundtable conference in Johannesburg.
President Xi Jinping arrived at Harare International Airport on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit, after wrapping up a 33-hour trip to France where he attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the Paris climate change conference.
Xi calls for taking China-Zimbabwe relations to a new high to benefit people of both countries.
Scholars and think tanks researchers said they are highly optimistic about the future relationship between China and Africa on the eve of President Xi Jinping's arrival in South Africa to co-host the sixth summit of China-Africa cooperation with his counterpart, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa.
China highly regards the Sino-Africa friendship and is determined to promote it to a higher level, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said on Tuesday.
While waiting in line at a pizza restaurant in Harare, I was asked by a local resident named Simon how popular Huawei cellphones are in China. He asked as he showed me a new Huawei P8 bought locally, which he said was the “coolest phone” he had ever used.
Feng Li was in a buoyant mood after a record day of business.
Madame Peng Liyuan visited Grace Mugabe Children Foundation in Harare on Tuesday afternoon, during President Xi Jinping's two-day visit to Zimbabwe.
Already, Chinese currency yuan was given the legal status to circulate in Zimbabwe, where there has been no local currency since its demobilization amid hyper-inflation six years ago.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is headed for State visits to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where he will also host the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg.
Sino-Zimbabwean relation maintained close sustaining the tests of time and fluid international situation with the efforts from both sides in the past 35 years since the diplopic ties had established.
Zimbabwe expects closer collaboration with China in industrialization and an increased role for the renminbi in the market, says the country's ambassador to China, Paul Chikawa.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
