Nine pairs of Hunan and African cities signed agreements to establish friendship city ties during the Investing in Africa & Business Matching Event on China-Africa Agricultural Production and Trade Cooperation which was held in Changsha on June 13. 

With the friendly province agreement between Hunan and Gauteng in South Africa, which was signed earlier, Hunan has added ten new African friendship regions during the fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE). 

The Investing in Africa & Business Matching Event on China-Africa Agricultural Production and Trade Cooperation was held in Changsha on June 13. Nine pairs of Hunan and African cities reached agreements on establishing friendship city relationship at the event. The photo shows three of the nine pairs of friendship cities inking the agreements. (Photo provided by the organizer) 

Leveraging such open platforms as CAETE, Hunan has become one of China's most active provinces in terms of economic and trade cooperation with Africa. To date, Hunan has established friendship city ties with 120 foreign regions. 

By virtue of the international friendship city ties, Hunan has extensively collaborated with African countries across various fields, including the economy and trade, education, culture, science and technology, and public health. 

The nine new pairs of friendship cities are: 

Changsha and Lilongwe City, Malawi; 

Zhuzhou and Kogi State, Nigeria;

Yueyang and the City of Dodoma, Tanzania;

Changde and the Municipality of Cassengo, Angola;

Yiyang and Kisumu County, Kenya;

Chenzhou and Delmas City, South Africa;

Yongzhou and Djibouti City, the Republic of Djibouti;

Loudi and Muhanga District, Rwanda; and,

Chenzhou and Livingstone City, Zambia. 

So far, Hunan has officially established friendship city ties with 22 regions in Africa.  

On the same day, nine China-Africa cooperation projects were signed on the spot, including:

- An agricultural development strategy cooperation project in Angola;

- A modern agricultural industrial park project in Sierra Leone;

- A mung bean purchase and sales project in Ethiopia;

- A "Factory-to-Home" overseas warehouse project in Tanzania; and,

- A special agro-industrial processing zone (SAPZ) project in Niger State, Nigeria.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn. 

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: Chinanews