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Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Zhang Qingyang at the Official Grand Opening of the Umodzi Park and Presidential Village

2015-05-05

Your Excellency, Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi,

Honorable Ministers from the Malawian Government,

Excellencies from the Diplomatic Corps,

Distinguished Guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning! It is my great pleasure today to attend the Official Grand Opening of the Umodzi Park. On behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China, I would like to express warm congratulations, and wish the operation a success!

Since the establishment of the diplomatic ties between China and Malawi seven years ago, the two countries have conducted friendly cooperation in areas of economy and trade, health, culture, education, infrastructure, as well as in the fields related to people's livelihood, yielding fruitful results. Umodzi Park was among one of the projects. The complex has been built by Chinese Company with Chinese concession loan. It comprises of the Malawian first five-star hotel, the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) and the Presidential Villas. Standing next to the park is the Parliament Building built with grant from the Chinese Government. Now those buildings have become landmarks in the capital Lilongwe city, which not only greatly improved the infrastructure but also beautified the city of Lilongwe.

As we all know, right here, in the year of 2013, Malawi hosted the 33rd summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) successfully. With the facilities and service of international standard, the park won the compliment of the leaders attending the meeting. Today, in the same place, we are going to open a new page. I have reasons to believe that after the careful planning and improvement, the facilities will enable Malawi Government to provide world class tourism service. And “the warm heart of Africa” will be warmer.

Malawi has rich tourism resources, agreeable weather, and kind-hearted people. It has been recommended as one of the best tourist destinations in the world by many international media and travel agencies. Personally, I also introduce Malawi to my friends and Chinese nationals, and encourage them to travel and invest to Malawi. In 2012, China and Malawi signed a MOU for the Group Tours. Since then, China regards Malawi as a tourist destination country. Malawi Tourism Council also came to China to introduce Malawi to the Chinese people. China stands ready to work together with Malawi in the cooperation of tourism infrastructure and tourism promotion, so as to promote Malawian tourism industry.

Currently, China-Malawi relations are faced with an important development opportunity. The Chinese Government attaches great importance to the bilateral relations. We are willing to work closely with the Malawian Government to enhance the bilateral relations to a higher level, and bring more benefits to the two peoples.

Thank you!

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