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South Africa welcomes China's investment
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-31 16:58
South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said in Cape Town
on Thursday that South Africa welcomes investment and skills from China.
The deputy president highlighted South Africa as an affordable
energy-producing country and a "favorite destination for investment that
is energy intensive."
She made a key note speech at a China-South Africa business cooperation
forum in Cape Town, which were attended by more than 800 Chinese and
South African business people.
South Africa currently had more investments in China than the other way
round, "something we must really fix", Mlambo-Ngcuka said.
China's Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai said representatives of 75 of the
79 companies that accompanied Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on his two-day
visit to South Africa have identified "definite cooperation interests."
The South African deputy president said that the government welcomed an
agreement struck on textile trade, describing it as a unique deal proving
that China was "willing to walk the extra mile."
She noted that the local clothing and textile industry had experienced
decline in recent years.
"We hope through our cooperation we can save some of the jobs and part of
the industry," she added.
Mlambo-Ngcuka said South Africa's foreign relations were based on
non-interference with other countries' internal affairs.
She called for good political ties between South Africa and China to be
used as a basis for growing economic exchanges.
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