Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, met in Changsha with Malala, secretary general of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) of Kenya, and his entourage on the afternoon of May 27, 2024.

On May 27, Secretary Shen met with UDA Secretary General Malala in Changsha. (Photo/Tang Jun)

Secretary Shen, on behalf of the provincial Party committee and the provincial government, welcomed the guests and thanked Kenya for its strong support for the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Africa (Kenya) 2024. He noted that Hunan Province attaches great importance to its cooperation with Kenya, achieving fruitful results in economic and trade collaboration and people-to-people exchanges in recent years. Hunan is willing to work with Kenya to implement the important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and President Ruto on the development of relations between the Chinese and Kenyan political parties and the two countries. He expected both sides to promote cooperation across more areas, in greater depth, and on a higher level.

Malala remarked that they were deeply impressed by Hunan's history and culture, innovative spirit, and hospitality of Hunan people. Hunan has an important position in the field of economic and trade cooperation between Africa and China. The delegation will learn from Hunan's development experience, and further strengthen exchanges and partnership with Hunan in such areas as economy and trade, agriculture, and culture and tourism, to better realize mutual benefit and win-win results.

Provincial leaders Qin Guowen and Cao Zhiqiang, and relevant officials from the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended.