STRATEGIC MEETING WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO THE DRC ON SUPPORT FOR THE TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED TO CAPTURE A LARGE PART OF THE 50 BILLION US DOLLARS AVAILABLE BY CHINA FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS
How to benefit from the guidance of the Chinese Embassy in the DRC to properly capture a large part of the 50 billion US dollars announced by the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping during the last China-Africa Cooperation Forum in Beijing, in favor of African countries for the next 3 years; but also
increase the volume of exports of Congolese products including chili, cocoa, coffee, soya, sesame and oil to China, within the framework of the Framework Agreement signed by the Ministers of Foreign Trade of these two countries.
These points were at the center of a strategic meeting this Monday in Kinshasa between the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya and the Chinese diplomat accredited to the DRC, Zhao Bin.
Thanks to the advocacy led by the Minister of Foreign Trade alongside his host, the Task Force set up by the President of the Republic Félix Tshisekedi to design strategies and develop unsound projects in different sectors including trade, agriculture, infrastructure, green energies, industry and transport
will benefit from technical support from experts at the Chinese Embassy.
Also Julien Paluku Kahongya pleaded for the simplification of administrative procedures for granting visas for Congolese economic operators based in the east of the DRC who do business with China.
A list of economic operators recognized by the Congolese Government will be sent in the coming days to the Chinese embassy.
Note that in a short time, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transport, Communication Routes and Opening Up, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo and his colleague from Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya who head this Task Force will meet the Chinese ambassador surrounded by his experts with the aim of helping the DRC to maximize the advantages of cooperation with China in the context of developing concrete projects.
On this same occasion, the Chinese diplomat handed over the invitation to the Minister of Foreign Trade for his participation at the Shanghai Export Expo next November and at the China-Africa Economic Fair in Shangsha in May 2025.
