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Fang Wei Meets with Zimbabwean Guests

From: Lianyungang Updated: 2019-10-26 02:53

On the afternoon of October 24, Mayor Fang Wei met with Nicholas Katikati, Deputy Secretary General of the General office of the Cabinet of the President of Zimbabwe. Wang Jiapei, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, attended the meeting.

During the meeting, Fang Wei welcomed Nicholas Katikati and his delegation. After briefly introducing the economic and social development of our city, Fang Wei said that Lianyungang was among the first coastal open cities in the country and was an important supporting city of "Belt and Road", and the leading industries such as petrochemicals, new medicine and new materials were developing vigorously. With the successful approval of Lianyungang Area of Jiangsu pilot Free Trade Zone, the city's opening-up level and economic development vitality will continue to be improved. For a long time, African people have been good friends of Chinese people. Lianyungang is willing to strengthen communication and exchanges with Zimbabwe and promote multi-dimensional and in-depth cooperation.

Nicholas Katikati thanked Lianyungang for its warm reception and careful arrangement. He said that Lianyungang's economic development and urban construction had made remarkable achievements, especially the construction of the Free Trade Zone, which brings great development potential. Zimbabwe welcomes international cooperation with a positive and open attitude and hopes to plan cooperation with Lianyungang in import and export, overseas investment and other aspects, so as to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.