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President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.
South Africa and China are working on a new 10-year strategic cooperation program, as the current one draws to a close.
The new plan will focus on collaboration in areas including higher education, skills transfer, healthcare, digital economy, science and technology, Public Business Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday at an online briefing organized by the Embassy. from China.
“We hope to sign this before the end of the year,” he said.
South Africa has been China’s largest trading partner in Africa for 10 years and China the largest recipient of South African goods and services for 11 years, Chen Xiaodong, recently appointed China’s ambassador to South Africa, said at the briefing. In 2019, total trade was $ 43.2 billion between the two nations.
An initial strategic program of five to ten years was adopted in late 2014, during a visit by former South African President Jacob Zuma to China.
