By Staff Reporter
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will undertake a five-day state visit to China from 6 to 10 July at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the trip expected to strengthen bilateral ties and unlock new opportunities for trade, investment and industrial development.
According to the Presidency, the visit forms part of efforts to deepen the Namibia-China Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, with a strong focus on sustainable development, industrialisation and economic prosperity.
The programme will take the Namibian delegation to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Beijing, where President Nandi-Ndaitwah will hold high-level talks with President Xi, the Chinese Premier and other senior government officials.
The visit is expected to centre on key sectors identified by both countries, including trade and investment, industrialisation, renewable energy and green hydrogen, agriculture and agro-processing, education, science and technology, health, housing, infrastructure, and people-to-people exchanges.
In Guangzhou on 6 July, the delegation will participate in bilateral engagements, industry visits and business networking sessions aimed at expanding economic cooperation.
On 7 July, President Nandi-Ndaitwah will visit the CGN Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant in Shenzhen, as well as Huawei, before holding engagements with municipal authorities.
The programme will then move to Chengdu on 8 July, where discussions will focus on agriculture, agro-processing and business cooperation.
The final leg of the visit, in Beijing from 9 to 10 July, will include official bilateral meetings, a high-level Namibia-China Trade and Investment Conference, and cultural engagements designed to promote stronger ties between the two countries.
The Presidency said the visit will also feature business-to-business engagements between Namibian and Chinese companies, aimed at attracting investment and creating new commercial partnerships.
President Nandi-Ndaitwah is also expected to receive an honorary doctorate from the China University of Geosciences in recognition of her leadership and contribution to public service.
The state visit seeks to reposition Namibia-China relations beyond traditional resource extraction towards greater industrialisation, technology transfer, energy security, value addition, employment creation and long-term economic self-sufficiency.
Namibia and China have maintained diplomatic relations for more than three decades, with China remaining one of Namibia’s largest trading partners and a key source of investment in infrastructure, mining, energy and manufacturing. The upcoming visit is expected to build on those longstanding ties while exploring new areas of cooperation that support Namibia’s development agenda.
