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President of Madagascar Visits SANY Group
At noon on September 8, Mao Weiming, Deputy Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Governor, met with President Rajoelina of the Republic of Madagascar and his delegation in Changsha, who came to China to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Foreign Minister of Madagascar Lasata, Minister of Education Shahoncharimalala, Minister of Industry and Trade Larambofilinga, Ambassador of Madagascar to China Robinson and others visited with the delegation. Chinese Ambassador to Madagascar Ji Ping, provincial leaders Zhang Yingchun and Wang Yiou, and Secretary General of the Provincial Government Qu Hai attended the meeting.
At noon on September 8, Mao Weiming, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, met with President Rajoelina of Madagascar in Changsha.
Madagascar is an Indian Ocean island country located in southeastern Africa, with an area of 592,000 square kilometers and a population of about 28.92 million. Its economy is mainly based on agriculture, with abundant mining resources and great potential for hydropower resources.
Mao Weiming welcomed the guests and briefly introduced the situation of Hunan Province. He said that since 2007, we have been connected by "a seed". The hybrid rice developed by Academician Yuan Longping has taken root, blossomed and produced full rice ears in Madagascar. Madagascar has become the first country in Africa to commercialize hybrid rice and the technical center for hybrid rice to radiate Africa, covering the entire industrial chain of breeding, seed production, planting, processing and sales. Mao Weiming said that as an important frontier for China-Africa people-to-people exchanges and cooperation and one of the most active provinces in China's economic and trade cooperation with Africa, Hunan will earnestly implement the important consensus of the two heads of state and the results of the summit, make good use of open platforms such as the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo and the China-Africa Economic and Trade In-depth Cooperation Pilot Zone, further strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with Madagascar, deepen economic and trade exchanges, promote industrial cooperation, consolidate the strong momentum of agricultural cooperation, expand exchanges and cooperation in infrastructure construction, new energy, mining development, cultural tourism and other fields, and contribute more Hunan strength to deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Madagascar.
At the meeting, Rajoelina expressed his gratitude to Hunan for its long-term technical assistance to Madagascar in hybrid rice, and praised Hunan's achievements in modern agriculture, industrial manufacturing, and scientific and technological innovation. He said that at present, Madagascar is working hard to improve the level of agricultural modernization and industrialization and build an "African granary". He hopes to further learn from Hunan's successful experience and practices in developing modern agriculture, mineral mining and utilization, and cultural tourism integration, give play to their respective complementary advantages, deepen cooperation in multiple fields such as energy and infrastructure construction, and build Madagascar-China relations into a benchmark model for Sino-African relations.
During his stay in Hunan, Rajoelina and his delegation visited Changsha. At the No. 18 Lighthouse Factory of Sany Group, Rajoelina learned about intelligent manufacturing and new energy technology development. At the Hunan Institute of Geology and the Hunan Geological Experiment and Testing Center, Rajoelina inspected geological research and accepted the donation of coal briquette production lines. At the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Rajoelina inspected the scientific and technological innovation of rice seed industry.
