Skip to Content Facebook Feature Image

Chinese vice president meets with Zambian National Assembly speaker

China

China

China

Chinese vice president meets with Zambian National Assembly speaker

2024-10-31 21:58 Last Updated At:23:07

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Zambian National Assembly Speaker Nelly Mutti in Beijing on Thursday.

Han said in the meeting that the two countries have witnessed their political mutual trust consistently deepened over the recent years, with their practical cooperation having yielded fruitful results.

Han also noted that the presidents of the two countries exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties on Oct 29.

Han said China is ready to work with Zambia to follow the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, firmly support each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and implement the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit held in Beijing.

He also called for boosting cooperation in trade, investment, infrastructure construction, medical and health care and other areas, enhancing mutual understanding between the two countries, and working to build an even closer China-Zambia community with a shared future.

Mutti said this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries and friendship between Zambia and China is strong.

Zambia adheres to the one-China principle, appreciates China's long-term valuable support and is willing to continuously push for the greater development of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two sides, Mutti said.

Chinese vice president meets with Zambian National Assembly speaker

Chinese vice president meets with Zambian National Assembly speaker

Chinese vice president meets with Zambian National Assembly speaker

Chinese vice president meets with Zambian National Assembly speaker

Next Article

China's marine economy sustains stable growth in Q1-3

2024-10-31 22:08 Last Updated At:22:37

China's marine economy showed steady progress in the first three quarters of 2024, with a gross ocean product of 7.7 trillion yuan (more than 1.08 trillion U.S. dollars), a 5.4 percent year-on-year increase, according to the data released by the Ministry of Natural Resources on Thursday.

Approved sea-use areas grew 6.7 percent year on year, involving over 740 billion yuan (nearly 104 billion U.S. dollars) of investment in marine projects.

Marine energy production remained stable, with crude oil and natural gas output up by 5.9 percent and 8.8 percent respectively, and offshore wind power generation surged by 29.5 percent.

The output of domestic marine aquatic products rose over 4 percent.

Shipbuilding sustained its growth trend, with new orders, completed vessels and on-hand orders soaring over 45 percent, 31 percent and 31 percent from the same period of last year, respectively, keeping China in the lead in the global shipbuilding sector.

China's marine economy sustains stable growth in Q1-3

China's marine economy sustains stable growth in Q1-3

Recommended Articles