Deputy President Paul Mashatile will host his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China, Vice President Han Zheng, at Tuynhuys, Cape Town, in the Western Cape Province.
The two leaders will co-chair the 9th South Africa-China Bi-National Commission (BNC) on Thursday, under the theme: "South Africa-China Relations in an Era of Global Transformation: Advancing Shared Modernisation".
“South Africa and China enjoy strong diplomatic relations, anchored in the All-Round Strategic Cooperative Partnership in the New Era. The BNC at the Deputy Presidential level was established in 2000 as the highest-structured bilateral mechanism for consolidating diplomatic, economic, and sectoral cooperation between the two nations,” the Presidency said.
Additionally, reciprocal State Visits and exchange of visits across Government Ministries, Parliament and Provinces reflect the depth of the relations and advance South Africa’s foreign policy and development priorities.
Other Bilateral Structured Mechanisms with China to implement the 10-Year Strategic Programme on Cooperation (2020–2029), and monitor cooperation, include the Strategic Dialogue (SD) at Ministerial level: Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), the Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETC) at Minister of Trade level, the People-to-People Exchange Mechanism (PPEM) at Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture level, and the Joint Working Group at Deputy Ministerial level: DIRCO. -SAnews.gov.za
