The
Opening Ceremony of the Workshop for African Journalists was
held at Diaoyutai Hotel on September 20, 2004. Paul Adams,
foreign editor of This Day, attend the Ceremony by
invitation of Chinese Embassy in South Africa.
Mr. Lu Shaye, Deputy
Director-general of the African Department of the Chinese
Foreign Ministry delievered his welcoming remarks on the
ceremony.
Ambassador Bao Shusheng of the Chinese
Foreign Ministry made his presentation on China-Africa
relations and China's policy towards Africa.
Participants of
the workshop held discussion with Mr. Liu Jiang, Deputy
Dditor-in-chief of Xinhua News Agency in the afternoon of
September 20.
The workshop is one of the implementations of the
agreements reached during the 2nd ministerial meeting of
China-Africa forum in Addis Ababa last year. 20 journalists
from 19 African countries are invited. The course formally
starts from September 20 to 27 in Beijing, Chengdu and
Shenzhen.