PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda yesterday held talks with the governor of the Chinese province of Guangdong, where the two leaders discussed issues concerning cooperation in trade, mining and tourism.
The president, who arrived in Guangdong Province of China around 17:10 hours local time, told the governor, Huang Huahua and his delegation that Zambia intended to attract more tourists from China.
Special assistant to the president for Press and public relations, Dickson Jere said in a statement yesterday that Mr Banda wanted Chinese tourists to consider Zambia as one of the priority tourist destinations in the world.
In response, Mr Huang assured the president and his delegation that China would do everything possible to help market Zambia’s tourism to the Chinese people.
And the Chinese government in Guangdong Province said trade between Zambians and the Chinese in the region has drastically improved in recent years.
Many Zambian traders source their products from Guangdong Province of China.
The governor said he would like to see more cooperation between Zambia and his province in areas of mining and tourism.
He said Zambia offered a great opportunity to many foreign investors who wished to invest in Africa.
President Banda is today expected to tour Lianzhog Stainless Steel Corporation in Guangdong before proceeding to Shenzhen City on his last stop of his State visit to China.
While in Shenzhen, the president and his delegation will tour ZTE Corporation and Huawei Technologies Limited, which also have offices in Zambia.
More than 40 million tourists leave China to visit various tourism sites in the world annually.
By Times Reporter
Times of Zambia
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