On April 21, Ambassador Lu Xu was invited to attend the inception workshop for global OCOP project under FAO-China SSC programme and delivered remarks. Hon. Thoko Tembo, Deputy Minister of Agiculture, Irrigation and Water Development of Malawi, Mr. Ali Said Yesuf, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative to Malawi and Chinese agricultural experts attended the event.

After the event, Ambassador Lu Xu was interviewed by local mainstream media.