CHINESE Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao is confident President Sata will spur Zambia to prosperity which will in turn see a rise in jobs and significant reduction in poverty levels.
Mr Zhou said he drew his inspiration of a successful Zambia under President Sata from the numerous capital and labour- intensive development projects Government has embarked on since assuming office.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Mr Zhou also asked Zambians to keep the faith in the Patriotic Front (PF) leadership which he believes means well. He cautioned critics to be fair.
“This country is headed for prosperity and development,” the envoy of the world’s second largest economy said.
He said Government’s policy on infrastructure development and education, particularly in rural communities, is key to growing the economy and China stands ready to assist Government in any way it can.
Mr Zhou said Government’s policy of opening up rural areas will in the near future boost agricultural and other industrial activities on the outskirts.
“I was so excited and impressed personally to see the level of Government’s commitment to developing rural areas,” Mr Zhou said.
“For example, I found a new school and about 32 to 40 new housing units for teachers nearly completed in Western Province,” he said.
Mr Zhou said: “I also went to a nursing school in Senanga which is under construction. Such levels of development, especially in the education sector, are brilliant. The construction of modern infrastructure in rural areas will certainly motivate anyone to work from there.
The Chinese envoy also expressed concern that despite wanting to expedite the completion of the US$287 million 31km Mongu-Kalabo road, the project is the most expensive “short stretch” undertaking his country has ever embarked upon in Zambia.
“The stretch seats on a very sandy river bed, the area doesn’t have clay or gravel,” Mr Zhou lamented. “The area does not have recommended type of stone or rocks. We have to import rocks from Lusaka and lastly, the construction period is only three months in a year due to flooding.”
The 31-kilometre road will have 25 bridges, with the longest being 1.2km.
The Mongu-Kalabo road project has created about 500 jobs for local people.
Mr Zhou has also repeated his appeal to Zambian workers and Chinese expatriates to join hands and work as one family in expanding the economy.
“We need to work as brothers, cultural differences will always be there but we need to tolerate and embrace one another because we are one in essence,” Mr Zhou said.
He also said Government must be rightly applauded for releasing K278 billion to pay pensioners and for releasing K42 billion to resume Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia operations and various other projects the country may embark upon using the US$750 million Eurobond.
The government has also embarked on a multi-trillion Kwacha 8,000km road project that has potential of creating 24,000 jobs.
Relations between Zambia and China have remarkably improved since President Sata extended a hand of friendship when he assumed office after a rough pre-election start.
Mr Zhou said China will continue to co-oporate with Zambia in various development projects that include infrastructure development.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
I agri
You can agree bcoz you are fool like him.
@mwata wakwisa? How can you always be against anything. Your level of hatred is evil. First you lied about Sata chasing the chinese and ow the chinese are telling you he’s on the right path and yet you still want to hate him?
The same people he called infestors and that he would chase them….. the seem to have got to his pocket
Diplomats are not supposed to engange themselves in local politics. What wud happen if instead he criticised the PF?
good point.
The chinese would not care less about a country with 13 million. They know and understand well what their population is and how to survive. They always worry about what the US did to Japan and hence to become powerful, they will give us anything we want, except the trade off when they ask for their return, we will not refuse. They well understand who the King Cobra is and know they can’t do nothing if they don;t do the dance. They have our interests, how can a country have the interest of foreigners at the expense of their own?
True…..we need to give him chance.
Miracles never cease to amaze one…
The presidency is no place for on the job training or trial and error since you’ve got millions of lives at stake.Zed is in a hurry to develop and if MCS is the blockage in the sewer pipe then he needs to be flushed out.No sacred cows need be spared bcoz we need a competent person at plot1 at all times.
Looks like you dont need anybody you dont like in plot 1. Perhaps you even hate yourself. Barack Obama was never even a governor and yet he went on to rule the most powerfull nation on earth!!!. The Presidency is not one person. it is an institution my friend.
@Joebungla In Zambia it is more of a single person than an institutions. The president made sure of that by appointing people that cannot given sound advise. Just look at his advisers and tell me if an institution you have hope
Mwaya sana, Joe bungo has given you a reality in example. What makes us so different that we cannot live like the americans? Over 200 million americans and 3/4 voted for obama and tha’s what won him the presidency, not the rest of the other races which included black americans. It has nothing to do with a single person and all to do with what each individual believes in. Personally, I have no problem in Dr Scott becoming a president because he’s zambian first and white second. The Presidency is a combination of everybody, especially the electorate and not a single individual, political party, let alone a tribe.
“For example, I found a new school and about 32 to 40 new housing units for teachers nearly completed in Western Province,” he said.
Dr. Kaingu said PF hasn’t even built a single toilet in one year in office! One of these two guys must be lying!
Do you really believe the school and houses have been built in the last one year???? If you do then am sure Zambia is becoming Malaysia in the next 5 yrs
Two government spokespersons. Now we can get a better understanding of the direction PF and Sata are leading us in.
HEY,The man has already been given enough oppottunity to delivery on his pre-election promises and he and his disciples always defensively respond by turn adding fuel to the already oppressive exploitative relationship they have with the opposition especially the UNPD into a mockery of law by throwing all sorts accusations. Viva HH
When the Chinese talks good about you shouldn’t you be worried? lol But anyway politics aside, mr Zhou seems to be talking some sense, probably he should be helping the PF with policy directions
he Chinese in terms of the pecking order, in eliteness are much more genetically than black people
It would be insanity to denounce his observation!
Thanks
His got that office till 2016 whats the fuss all about??
Mr Zhou all the Western province projects you are quoting are MMD projects. In fact if Sata and his PF had their way the Mongu Kalabo road wouldn’t have continued. Wasn’t it the same road that a Minister by the name of Mukanga cancelled within one week of PF assuming office! According to him the road was just a political project (sic).
Mr Zhou, we have no time to give to yo bootlicker, he is going and we will investigate all the project n some1 will b caged
if you give sata a chance politicians will never stop lying in broad day light for the sake of power. sata is been caught up in his own lies. dont give him chanc.
Now a Chinese understands better what is happening in Zambia than Zambians, where on earth a foreigner? Pathetic Failures have failled period! HH is the man for Zambian economic glory.
All the way from China, he can notice sense in whats going on whilst the home grown opposition only see nonsense. Some folks can be irrelevant!
Imagine. Even a foreigner they claimed would run away, has seen something in Micheal Sata only tribalists can’t see. On my path to let them be because there’s no point in fighting such tribal based and hate zambia beings. Keep reasoning with the mwana wesu because they have more to lose than the rest of the country.
Pf always in the compaigning mood. Zambian voted for you & you have a mandate to govern up to 2016, so go to work & stop politicking. Zambians will judge for themselves when your time is up. Meanwhile, give the opposition Upnd permission to hold their rallies, no need to intimidate opposition especially that which has the capacity to transform our Zambian economy.
CHINESE Ambassador to Zambia Zhou Yuxiao is sweet-talking Sata so that the bulk of the road construction projects in the Link-Zambia 8000 project are given to Chinese companies in spite of their internationally renowned record for shoddy work. This is a good reason why Sata should not be allowed to takeover RDA. Please let us wake up.
Better shoddy work than nothing? We may not like the Chinese and indeed they are very different from us but, Respect them for what they are doing to our development. No country has ever helped us develop like them.
Sata has been given enough time. 12 months is enough to fulfill even one promise he made during the elections. on assumption that he fulfills one promise per your. among the notable promises are people driven constitution, more jobs, more money in our pockets. less taxes, massive infrastructure development.all of them within 90 days. am sure one year is enough to fulfill even one promise of these promises for us to have hope of him delivering on all the promises. but as we stand there is nothing apart from more promises.
Due to recent boobs, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off till further notice!!!
RDA contracts nothing else this chocholi
The road is 31 km and will have 25 bridges . Why not just make one 31km long bridge
And cost you ten times more. Actually, had it not been for politics, these impassable straight ways, would have benefited better with bringing in super pontoons and super boats that costs less than an arm. But oh No, if they build a road in eastern or north western, they might as well build as a road on water because they promised us passage to and from the cities.
ATI DONORS WILL PULL OUT OF ZAMBIA IF SATA CONTINUES WITH HIS POLICIES. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE DONORS PULLING OUT?
We voted for this Party because it had promised to chuck out all chinese , at least control them. What has happenned since then?
they have been controlled. You know what applies today may not apply tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean you should stick to what you originally planned just for the sake of it. You change according to prevailing conditions as long as you are not commiting crime.
Change of slogan ;from more money in the pocket to Give sata chance.
What was more important, Kazangula bridge or bridges to kalabo??Kazangula is our lifeline, whats in kalabo but just sand.
People live in Kalabo Mister!
The Chinese Ambassador must steer clear of Zambian internal matters if China has to sustain its business ventuires in Zambia. Chinese googs are usually bought by Zambians; but there are several alternative sources of cheaper products should China opt to side with an oppressive regime by Sata
Chanda Chimba is wrong again, Sata is working very well with the Chinese. Keep it up MCS.
You wonder about the “about turn” Ukwa made towards the chinese when during the campaign his stance was to give them a boot. Soon after winning the election, he invites them to state house and fates them. That is what we see on the surface, but a lot happened out of the public eye for him to soften that rhetoric and soften that stance!! Of course the ambassador is eyeing the 8000 Roadlink Project which will be administered from the president’s office. The pickings on either party are handsome!! No fears there as the process will not be subject scrutiny. Its open season for all all manner of irregularity.
When the corrupt Chinese people call you GOOD,then definitely there is something wrong with you. The Chinese are experts at bribing government officials, and even governments, but pay their workers peanuts. So its very clear the Old Serpent is in their pockets and at their mercy. They’ve socked his beck big time.DON’T KUBEBA!!!!!!!
Good reading
RDA TO CHINESE; simple message
This is the news SOME ears do not want to hear. Time will tell. Micheal is on course.
Look who is talking! lol
Iwe stop bootlicking Chairman Mao would be angry with you
The Chinese has a rocky ride with Sata. what do u expect when they are busy trying to get our natural wealth? the best is to bribe SATA and control him.
Finally they have succeeded.
what time ..he’s running out of time..12 months is gone by..soon we shall have elections..let him fulfill..
The mu choncholi is very right. Sata has controlled them. No more slavery wages as in RB time, this time the chana man is cooperating with PF government. Well done PF and work for win-win situation with the china man. Wapya Mudzi baba.
Too many foreigners blogging nonsense. Enjoy yourselves wherever you are and leave the patriotic Zambians to develop the country. You ran away when the country needed your services; why the interest now? Shove off!!
PF has never even belt not one toilet in the one year they have been in power.
zedians! sata is the right man we should had after KK by now zambia would ve been flourishing, the man knows his game plan and never gets distracted by under 5s with their petty puppies who blog nonsense all the time. LT.. Seems we ve an influx of over glorified artisans blogging as engineer this, engineer that. Anyway viva MCS viva! Not tu HH, the chap has clue what it takes to be a politicians apart from listening to his hungry and impoverished parasites.[-(
He’s only been a years in office. Why can’t we give him the mandatory 5 years as we have given all other presidents? Why are we so mad and hateful against a fellow Zambian? Why cant we prove him wrong after 5 years? If even the chinese he castigated as an opposition leader are willing to give him a chance? Why cant we as zambians whose country he’s ruling as a fellow zambian at least give him a break? Why are we so mad to believe a child can be born and walk at the same time? Why are we so angry? The devil’s tempting us like God said to side with him because our anger is beyond reason.
THANK YOU AMBASSADOR ZHOU, FOR YOUR OBSERVATION INDEED PF NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TIME TO PERFORM AND I FOR ONE KNOWS MY PRESIDO.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MEANS WELL AND THEY HAVE THEIR INTERESTS TO PROTECT.
WHAT HAPPENED AT ONE CHINESE OWNED COAL MINE SHOULD MAKE US SERIOUSLY REFLECT ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHINESE.
WE WERE ALL CREATED IN GOD’S IMAGE. GOD DOES NOT LIKE REVENGE, BUT WANTS RECONCILIATION AND FORGIVENESS.
THE CHRISTIAN NATION CLAUSE SHOULD SERIOUSLY BE TAKEN OUT OF OUR CONSTITUTION AS THE DEVIL WILL CONTINUE TO CAPITALIZE ON IT. YOU REMEMBER THE FOOTBALL DISASTER?
@ Kavundula – In your opinion if one leaves Zambia they have no right to comment about the ongoings? Also leaving Zambia in your considered wisdom is ‘running away’? People are in other countries for all sorts of reasons – dubious or legitimate, it doesn’t matter. They never lose their right of expression over matters to do with the country they herald from, have ties with, alligience, citizenship e.t.c. Which country only has their own citizens on their land? The world is a global entity sharing ideas and progress, resolving issues and seeking more advances in all areas of human endeavour. Yet you come up with such retrogressive ‘observations’.
Sorry buddy. I’m not that simple minded. I advise you to read the preceding comments and then read my comment again. Hopefully, you’ll understand the context. If you still don’t get it after that then my advice to you is; please don’t bite a bullet that is not aimed at you!
These two (Sata and the China man) are in bed with each other