Ambassador Fan Yong attended the Launch of the Zutshwa Smart Village

2024-10-25 20:00

Oct.  23, 2024, H.E. Fan Yong, Chinese Ambassador to Botswana, attended the  Launch of Zutshwa Smart Village. H.E. President Masisi, Hon. Moagi,  Minister of Minerals and Energy, Hon. Mobaletsi, Assistant Minister of  Agriculture and Li Fei, Huawei's Vice President for Southern Africa  attended the ceremony.


Ambassador  Fan expressed his appreciation for the  cooperation between the  Botswana government and Huawei, saying that the project echos the spirit  of China-Africa cooperation, and indicated that two sides should well  implement the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on  China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in 2024, and promote the further  development of the China-Botswana strategic partnership. China will  continue to support Botswana's digital innovation and green energy  development, and encourage more Chinese enterprises to come to Botswana  to invest and make business, so as to help advance Botswana's  modernization and to bring more tangible benefits to the two peoples.


President  Masisi spoke highly of the project and said that it will advance  sustainable development goals such as quality education, clean energy,  industrial innovation and infrastructure, and promote the early  realization of Botswana's Vision 2036 and transformation to a  knowledge-based economy.