Dodoma, 30 December 2021 (TDI): Embassy of China in Tanzania donated fishing boats and patrol boats, drying equipment, cisterns, caterpillars, and fish feed to the Chato villagers in the Geita region. The equipment and other material that has been provided by the Chinese government are worth $ 20,000.
Geita Region is one of Tanzania’s 31 administrative regions and is known as the gold mining capital of Tanzania. The donation was announced by the State Councilor and Minister of Foreign affairs of China, Wang Yi during his visit to Tanzania earlier this year. According to the claims of a local official, the donated equipment will benefit more than 10,000 local residents.
2/2 Mchango huu ulitangazwa na Mjumbe wa Baraza la Taifa la #China na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje Wang Yi wakati wa ziara yake nchini #Tanzania mapema mwaka huu. Kulingana na afisa wa eneo hilo, vifaa vilivyotolewa vitanufaisha zaidi ya wakazi 10,000 wa eneo hilo. @MsigwaGerson pic.twitter.com/WmkrTCPlp2
— Chinese Embassy in Tanzania (@ChineseEmbTZ) December 28, 2021
China-Tanzania Relations
China-Tanzania relations date back to the 1960s when Tanzania campaigned for Beijing to regain its United Nations Security Council “veto power”. China was still a developing country at that time. The ties between the two states further deepened with the construction of the Tanzania Zambia Railway (Tazara) in the early 1970s.
Both countries helped each other and collaborate for mutual benefit. In recent years, China and Tanzania have increasingly collaborated for economic and social development. In the last 30 years, the Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) from China to Tanzania reached 7.5 billion US dollars for Tanzania’s Mainland and 142.9 million US dollars for Tanzania’s Isles.
China is one of the leading investors in Tanzania and the FDIs have created almost 200,000 jobs in Tanzania. Likewise, Tanzania ships many agricultural products to China which include cassava, soya beans, and fodders along with cow horns and some fish products.
