His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday, 24 July 2018, host the President of the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping, on a State Visit to South Africa. The State Visit takes place within the context of strengthening strategic and historic political, economic, social and international cooperation partnership between South Africa and China.
The two Heads of State will use the State Visit to engage in bilateral talks and evaluate the progress achieved by the two countries on the Strategic Programme with specific reference to the six priority areas identified in 2015, which include amongst other matters: the Alignment of industries to accelerate South Africa's industrialization process, Enhancement of cooperation in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Enhancement of marine cooperation, Infrastructure development, Human resources cooperation, as well as Financial cooperation.
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