China is Zimbabwe's third-largest export destination, accounting for 16.9 percent of the country's total exports in the first 11 months of 2025, Zimbabwe's trade promotion body ZimTrade said Friday.
"There is significant potential for growth through ongoing collaboration between both governments to enhance trade in key local commodities such as citrus and avocados," ZimTrade Chief Executive Officer Allan Majuru said in a statement. Zimbabwe has been steadily expanding its agricultural exports to China in recent years, with the two countries signing a series of export protocols covering products, such as citrus, avocados and blueberries.
In a newsletter released in October 2025, Majuru commended the bilateral trade protocols signed between the two countries, which allowed the export of Zimbabwean agricultural products to the vast Chinese market. "These initiatives aim to expand agricultural exports, reduce informal trade leakages, and improve returns for local farmers," Majuru said.
Source: XINHUA
2026-01-22
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Over the past year, despite the complex and changing international landscape, China’s imports and exports still saw relatively fast growth.
China's total goods import and export value reached a historic high of 45.47 trillion yuan ($6.5 trillion) in 2025, growing 3.8 percent year-on-year, securing ninth year of growth, the General Administration of Customs announced on Wednesday.
China's exports grew by 6.1 percent year-on-year to reach 26.99 trillion yuan last year, while imports grew by 0.5 percent year-on-year to reach 18.48 trillion yuan, and China has maintained its position as the world's second-largest import market for the 17th consecutive year
The year of 2025 brings the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) to a conclusion. Looking back, China’s total import and export value exceeded 200 trillion yuan, an increase of about 40 percent compared with the 13th Five-Year Plan period, with an annual growth rate of 7.1%.
Source: XINHUA
2026-01-19
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"Whenever I go to China, I feel like (I'm) going back to my second home," said former Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome during an exclusive interview with People's Daily.
Back in 1976, Teshome, as a government-sponsored international student, went to study Chinese in the Beijing Language and Culture University, then known as the Beijing Language Institute. After one-year of language learning, he transferred to Peking University to pursue a bachelor's degree in philosophy. In 1991, he obtained a doctoral degree in international politics at Peking University.
The former Ethiopian President believes that his time studying in China was a crucial period for his personal growth. Not only did he build deep friendships with his Chinese teachers and classmates in both life and study, but he also achieved all-round intellectual development, laying a solid foundation for his future journey.
Teshome was elected as President of Ethiopia in October 2013. About nine months later, he chose China as the first country to visit after taking office.
Years of studying, working and living in China, along with multiple visits to the country, have left Teshome deeply impressed by China's progress and transformation across various fields.
Teshome believes that China has explored its own path toward modernization in line with its national conditions, which provides valuable experiences for other developing countries, including African countries.
In his view, China's policy towards Africa focuses on common progress, reflecting firm commitment to solidarity, dialogue, and win-win cooperation. He added that Africa and China work together for the common progress of humanity, which will make greater contributions to building a community with a shared future for humanity.
Source: People's Daily Online
2026-01-16
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ECNS, Fuzhou, January 13. Fuzhou-Kuala Lumpur all-cargo air route commenced operation on January 12. The first flight landed at Fuzhou Changle International Airport at 23:30, January 12, and then departed for Kuala Lumpur International Airport at 00:30 on January 13, loaded with integrated circuits, electronic products, clothing, cross-border e-commerce parcels and other goods.
Operated by Fujian Boya Yunyi International Freight Co., Ltd. via B737-800F all-cargo flight, the bi-weekly flight is scheduled to be increased to four times a week.
The air route has filled the gap in air cargo capacity between Fuzhou and Malaysia, and established the only air freight route connecting the two destinations. It has greatly improved the efficiency, standardized the processes, strengthened supply chain stability, and met the current demand of cross-border e-commerce for “small batches, diverse categories, speed and high efficiency”. Specialties from Southeast Asia can now access Fuzhou and its surrounding markets more easily, building an air bridge for economic and trade exchanges between Fuzhou, a renowned hometown of overseas Chinese and Malaysia as well as other Southeast Asian regions.
2026-01-14
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