On March 28th. Ambassador Fan Yong attended the 2025 Working Conference of the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Botswana and held talks with enterprises. Lan Yuqiang, the embassy's counselor in charge of economic affairs, and representatives of Chinese enterprises in Botswana attended the conference.

Ambassador Fan said that in the past year, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China's economy has made steady progress, new quality productivity has developed rapidly, the construction of a modern industrial system has been accelerated, and high-level opening up has achieved positive results. The "Two Sessions" sent a clear signal that China is promoting in-depth reforms, expanding high-level opening up, and seeking high-quality development. Chinese enterprises should strengthen their confidence in development, maintain strategic determination, operate in an honest and compliant manner, take good safety precautions, fulfill their social responsibilities, establish a good image, and actively promote the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and the implementation of the outcomes of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, so as to make new contributions to deepening practical cooperation between China and Botswana and enhancing China-Botswana friendship.