The Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique, Zheng Xuan, accompanied the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, last week on a visit to the Wanbao Agricultural Project, located in the city of Xai-Xai, Gaza province. Also taking part in the visit were the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries, Roberto Albino; the Minister of the Interior, Paulo Chachine; the Governor of Gaza Province, Alfeu Cuna; and the Administrator of Limpopo District, Virgílio Mulhanga, among others.

President Chapo and Ambassador Zheng jointly heard a presentation on the project and visited the wheat harvesting site. President Chapo stated that the Wanbao Project plays a positive role in promoting the development of Mozambican agriculture and increasing farmers' incomes, and that it also constitutes an expression of the fraternal friendship between Mozambique and China.

Ambassador Zheng Xuan said that, under the strategic guidance of the two countries' Heads of State, relations between China and Mozambique have been continuously deepening. The Wanbao Project is an important achievement of agricultural cooperation between the two countries, contributing to the modernisation of agriculture, food security and Mozambique's economic development. China is willing to further deepen agricultural cooperation with Mozambique and promote new results in practical cooperation between the two countries.

On the eve of the presidential visit, Ambassador Zheng Xuan visited the project and expressed her solidarity with the Wanbao staff.

(Source: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Mozambique, 6 October)