AS part of the celebrations to mark the upcoming International Worker’s Day, the Embassy of China in Tanzania held the excellent Employee of Chinese Company Awards Ceremony.
“The purpose of oganising this ceremony
is not only to honour the excellent Chinese companies, but even more
special is to recognise the outstanding performance of Tanzania
employees working in these companies and their immense contributions for
the development of such entities and in building their nation,” said
the Ambassador of China to Tanzania, Dr Lu Youqing.
When addressing the guests at the
ceremony held at the embassy, the ambassador described both Tanzanians
and Chinese as committed to good life and hardworking. “It goes back
down the history lane, when Tanzania was attaining her independence that
the father of the nation, Mwalimu Nyerere, adopted the policy of
self-reliance which under his leadership, people of Tanzania have
recorded great success in the building of their nation,” said the envoy.
Dr Youqing further hailed the government
of Tanzania recent economic achievements, adding that the economy has
continued to record growth by 7 per cent, which is among the leading
economies in Africa.
He reminded Tanzanians that the father
of the nation had once said that Tanzania has many friends in the world
but China was her best ally.
“Our cooperation has been enhanced and
has expanded to the extent that China takes the first position in
business sector in the country’s external trade and the second among
countries investing in Tanzania. According to the ambassador, China has
created over 1.5 employment opportunities and more than 350,000 people
are involved in China-Tanzania trade relations.
He said some of these projects include
the recent opened Nyerere bridge which link Dar es Salaam central
business district with Kigamboni, the Mtwara gas pipeline, Julius
Nyerere International Convention Centre.
The Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner,
Mr Paul Makonda, has assured the Chinese business community of the
government support. “We will ensure that the investors find peace and
tranquility as well as conducive environment in the course of conducting
business in Tanzania,” he said.
He further said that since the
government cannot employ everyone, business interventions were
complementing the nation’s effort in creating employment opportunities
for its people. “There is no doubt that the Chinese community in
Tanzania is making a big contribution to our nation,” he stressed.
The RC said that the two countries’
economic and trading cooperation has reached new heights. “It is evident
that Chinese companies have intensively supported Tanzania national
construction projects, fostering many skilful workers and creating a lot
of employment opportunities,” Makonda explained. He also thanked the
Chinese embassy for making contributions towards alleviation of some
challenges that the city faces during the rainy season.
“I am told that there are some Chinese
in response to our call in supporting education, who will make their
desks contributions today at my office, we highly appreciate this
gesture of support,” he said.
However, during the awarding ceremony,
29 employees won the awards for long-term dedication to their jobs,
while 18 won the outstanding performance awards. Further 9 employees won
the outstanding contribution awards.
Seventy-five per cent of the lucky
workers are Tanzanians. Also two Chinese companies won the best employer
awards. The ceremony was attended by Minister Counsellor, Mr Gou
Haodong, Chief Economic and Commercial Representative, Mr Lin Zhiyong,
Cultural Counsellor, Mr Gao Wei, Senior consultant, He Xinchong and
other embassy staff.
Also in attendance were officials from
Tanzania Ministry of Policy, Labour, Employment, Youth and People with
Physical Disability, Association of Tanzania Employers, Tanzania-China
Friendship Promotion Association, members of the press and other
businesspeople
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