The "Peace and Unity – 2024" joint military exercise between China and Tanzania entered the phase of live-fire drill with an opening ceremony held at the Mapinga training center in Dar es Salaam on Monday.
The opening ceremony began at 9:00 with soldiers from both countries standing in formations and national anthems of China and Tanzania being played.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Jenerali Jacob John Mkunda, commander of the Tanzania People's Defense Force, and the commander of the participating Chinese troops said that military relations are an important part of the bilateral relations between the two countries. Taking opportunity of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the two sides will carry forward friendship and resolutely deliver on the important common understandings between the two heads of state, and conduct the friendly exchanges between the two militaries, so as to promote the bilateral ties and contribute to regional peace and stability.
"With high morale, high-quality military performance and coordinated joint operations, we will work shoulder by shoulder with Tanzanian military. We will fully demonstrate Chinese military's resolution and capability in safeguarding regional stability and peace," said Gao Jian, officer of the participating Chinese troops.
At the opening ceremony, Chinese soldiers showed their Tanzanian counterparts major military equipment to be used in the joint exercise.
Over one thousand soldiers from both sides will participate in the following joint exercise with various types of weapons and equipment to be used.
In the next step, in-depth exchanges will be organized on joint counter-terrorism operations.
The two sides will also conduct joint command, joint specialized training and live-fire drill.
Joint China-Tanzania military exercise enters phase of live-fire drill
China's service industry is widening its openness to foreign investors in fields such as value-added telecommunications and healthcare so as to advance the high-level opening up.
Not long ago, 10-plus foreign-funded enterprises, including T-Systems P.R. China and Siemens Digital Technology (Shenzhen), were granted permission for pilot operations of value-added telecommunication business, which is expected to bring more diversified services and products to Chinese consumers and further stimulate market vitality.
"Currently, we can sell 300 products and solutions on our platform to better serve the local market. Based on the expansion of such pilot operation, we can also better serve innovators and operate the developer ecosystem on our platform," said Qin Cheng, vice president of Siemens (China) Co., Ltd.
In addition to the telecommunications sector, medical care, biotechnology, and education are also important areas for the country's orderly expansion of opening up.
At present, China has permitted pilot operations of wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine places, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Nanjing, with two such hospitals approved in the pilot areas.
According to the government work report, China will open wider to the outside world at a high level this year and promote the orderly opening up of the Internet, culture and other fields.
"We will actively study and formulate pilot plans for the orderly expansion of opening up in the Internet, culture, education and other fields, broaden key platforms for opening up, such as pilot and demonstration provinces and cities, pilot free trade zones, and Hainan Free Trade Port, based on the country's service sector, and continue to explore pilot operations in a wider range and in more fields," said Zhao Yang, inspector of the Department of Foreign Investment Administration of the Ministry of Commerce.
The latest data showed that the service sector's actual utilization of foreign capital from January to February this year reached 120.49 billion yuan (around 16.65 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for more than 70 percent of the total, while 7,574 foreign-invested enterprises were newly established nationwide, an year-on-year increase of 5.8 percent.
China widens service sector openness to foreign investors in multiple areas
