African countries like Kenya has intensified its efforts to attract Chinese tourists through digital marketing and recruitment of staff who are fluent in Mandarin at major attractions, like wildlife sanctuaries.
Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala told Xinhua that the government is targeting 100,000 Chinese tourists in the next one or two years, up from 69,000 people who visited the country in 2017.
Chinese and Kenyan athletes have been on the frontline to promote friendship through joint training.
Zhang Xinyan, a Chinese female middle-distance runner from Gansu province, and her five colleagues from Yunnan province in late April joined their Kenyan counterparts for a month-long training at the "home of champions" located in Eldoret town.
Chinese artists hosted an exhibition in Nairobi University in April to present their charming paintings and drawings. Kiprop Lagat, director of culture in Kenya's ministry of sports, culture and the arts, said all genres of art, including music, dance, painting and carvings, have cemented bonds of friendship between the Chinese and African peoples.
Chinese doctors surely have set a precedent in promoting friendship with African people through the provision of free medical services in the continent's remote areas that were heavily affected by infectious diseases.
The latest development could be seen at the China-Congo Friendship Hospital located in the mineral-rich Republic of Congo, where local people suffering from cataracts regained their eyesight after successful operations by Chinese surgeons.
【国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: China-Africa people-to-people interaction expands amid more cooperation】相关文章:
★ 七只乌鸦
最新
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15