By Alawi Masare,The Citizen
In Summary
Tanzania and China had a bilateral trade
volume amounting to $2.47 billion in 2012, ambassador of the People’s
Republic of China to Tanzania, Mr Lu Youqing, said
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and China
have taken to a new level their bilateral economic partnerships as now
cooperation will involve local governments as well.
A delegation of local leaders and the business
community from four Chinese provinces is visiting Tanzania and yesterday
had a day-long meeting with their Tanzanian counterparts to see how
they could explore opportunities from each side.
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda urged the Tanzanian
local government authorities to make business ties and learn from their
Chinese counterparts for the development of the two countries.
“Our two countries have a long political and
economic history and we think there are more economic opportunities to
be realised for mutual benefits. The cooperation will focus on economic
partnership,” noted Mr Pinda who was the guest of honour. “Let us aspire
for better and mutual cooperation to strengthen local government
economic capacity for the betterment of our people. We must work
together and combine our efforts to realise our goals,” he added
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Tanzania and China had a bilateral trade volume
amounting to $2.47 billion in 2012, ambassador of the People’s Republic
of China to Tanzania, Mr Lu Youqing, said.
He said at the Tanzania – China local government
cooperation meeting the 2012 bilateral trade volume was an increase of
about 50 per cent compared to a year before.
“Chinese companies operating in Tanzania created
about 350,000 jobs to locals and this meeting provides another
opportunity to strengthen further our business relations,” said Mr
Youqing.
He said the Chinese delegation were ready to partner with Tanzanians in various areas including real estates and construction.
Hawa Ghasia, Minister of State, Prime Minister’s
Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local Governments
said partnership of the local governments from the two countries was a
step further in improving economic performance of Tanzania’s local
authorities.
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