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Nigeria, China Are Complementary Economies, Says Envoy

By Adeyemi Adepetun
07 February 2016   |   1:32 am
NIGERIA is the largest consumer of engineering services from the Asia, the People’s Republic of China has said Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Qin Jian, in a statement to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries, said the growing mutual trust has led to fruitful economic cooperation between Chinese and African people.
Brand Strategist, Charles O’Tudor (left); Business Strategist, Steve Harris; former Chair of Women in Management, Business and Public service (WIMBIZ), Alile Osayi and Life Coach, Lanre Olusola, during a press conference for the Emotional Brand Master Class Workshop, which would hold on February 27 in Lagos.

Brand Strategist, Charles O’Tudor (left); Business Strategist, Steve Harris; former Chair of Women in Management, Business and Public service (WIMBIZ), Alile Osayi and Life Coach, Lanre Olusola, during a press conference for the Emotional Brand Master Class Workshop, which would hold on February 27 in Lagos.

NIGERIA is the largest consumer of engineering services from the Asia, the People’s Republic of China has said Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, Qin Jian, in a statement to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both countries, said the growing mutual trust has led to fruitful economic cooperation between Chinese and African people.

According to Qin, the policy of the new Chinese leadership is inspired by willingness to integrate the country’s development with independent and sustainable development of African countries, so as to realise common development.

“Last year, President Xi met with President Muhammadu Buhari in New York and Johannesburg respectively. The two leaders exchanged views on bilateral cooperation and issues of common concern, reached wide-ranging consensus, and charted the direction of future development of China-Nigeria strategic partnership.

“Now, Nigeria has become the largest engineering contracting market, the second largest export market, the third largest trading partner and major investment destination of China in Africa.”

He continued, “We celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nigeria, a festive occasion for both Chinese and Nigerian people.”

He described China and Nigeria as strategic partners, and the biggest developing countries in the world and Africa respectively, adding that both countries have complementary economies and huge potential of pragmatic cooperation.

“In fact, China-Africa relations have kept good momentum of overall development in the past decades, with growing political mutual trust and frequent high-level exchanges, roaring fruitful economic cooperation and deepening mutual understanding between Chinese and African peoples,” revealed Qin.

He further noted that at the second edition of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit, which held in Johannesburg, South Africa, President Xi Jinping proposed five major pillars for China-Africa relations.

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