President Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored the Chinese business people
to partner Zimbabwe in the new era with renewed hope of a prosperous
future for all.
President Mnangagwa was addressing the Sino Zimbabwe Business Forum
in Beijing this morning which was attended by over 200 Chinese business
people. Among them was a contingent of 70 Zimbabwean businesspeople.
President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe is inspired by strides made by
China in every facet of development and its journey in the path to
transformation which serves as an inspiration and template for Zimbabwe
and the rest of the developing world.
He highlighted that the government recognises the role that FDI and
private investment will play in Zimbabwe’s vision to leapfrog the
country’s development path.
President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe is overwhelmed by China’s readiness
to share knowledge experiences, new technologies and innovations and
other aspects of global best practices.
He said every effort is being made to improve the investment climate
in Zimbabwe and to make the country an attractive investment destination
through a raft of measures to lower the cost and risk of doing
business.
Cde Mnangagwa pledged government’s resolve and political will to
entrench and ingrain clear, consistent and coherent friendly-to-business
policies to further Zimbabwe’s developmental agenda.
Meanwhile, President Mnangagwa has met with Communist Party of China
(CPC) Minister of International Department Mr Song Tao at his guest
house in Beijing, China, and discussed issues related to the CPC and
Zanu PF, stressing the need to further deepen relations through
increased exchanges and cooperation.
President Mnangagwa said the two parties share a long history of
political cooperation and it is time the relations are upgraded to
economic strategic cooperation.
The President took that opportunity to brief Mr Tao on the events
leading to the new era in Zimbabwe and that Zimbabwe is now open for
business.
Cde Mnangagwa also met with China Energy, a power company and an infrastructure and earth moving equipment company. He invited the two to come and see the opportunities in Zimbabwe including those abundant in the construction sector.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says there are vast investment
opportunities in the infrastructure development sector in Zimbabwe for
Chinese companies.
Addressing senior company management of a Chinese communication
construction company in Beijing Tuesday morning, President Mnangagwa
invited China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) to come and
partner Zimbabwe in modernising and building infrastructure in the areas
of highway construction, rail upgrading and expansion of
infrastructure.
The company is involved in the construction of airports, sea ports, bridges, dredging and reclamation.
Some of the works that need upgrading and construction include
Harare-Beitbridge road, Chitungwiza-Harare railway line and the
expansion of the Harare-Beira railway to enhance trade in the region.
The president’s delegation was also shown a similar rail project in
East Africa in Mombasa, Nairobi – Standard Gauge Railway – built by the
Chinese conglomerate.
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