China proposed to the Angolan state to apply a zero-tariff scheme to 98% of Angolan goods exported to the Chinese market.
Angolan-Chinese bilateral trade was praised during a recent meeting in Luanda between the African country’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Domingos Lopes, and the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Angola, Gong Tao.
According to a statement issued by the Chinese State Council’s Customs Tariff Commission in August, China will grant zero-tariff treatment to 98 percent of taxable items originating from 16 least developed countries.
Effective Sept. 1, the policy will help share market opportunities with those countries, the statement said.
The topic of conversation during the meeting in Luanda was also the donation of a laboratory for testing narcotic products.
Regarding the cooperation in the Security chapter, Gong Tao requested that a tripartite joint coordination meeting be held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior in Luanda.
At the hearing, the Chinese ambassador (pictured above, next to Angolan President João Lourenço) expressed his country’s desire to receive the Angolan state’s counter-proposal regarding the Protocol for sending the Chinese medical team to Angola.
The occasion also served the Secretary of State to give brief information on the holding of the X Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, scheduled for December of this year, in the capital of Angola.
Angola and China have maintained excellent diplomatic relations for 40 years and a strategic partnership that aims to strengthen in all areas.
