Ambassador
Joyce Chembe Musenge visits North East Pharmaceutical Group in
Shenyang City, Liaoning Province
On Wednesday 11th May, 2011, Her Excellency Ambassador Joyce Musenge
paid a visit to Shenyang city in Liaoning Province at the invitation
of North East Pharmaceutical (NEPG) Group. NEPG has expressed
interest to enter into the Zambian pharmaceutical sector. Ambassador
Musenge was accompanied by the Counsellor Mr Chibeza Mfuni and
First Secretary (Trade), Mr Joseph Silavwe.
Whilst in Shenyang, Ambassador Musenge met with the Mayor of Shenyang
during which discussions related to cooperation between the province
of Shenyang and Zambia as were held. After the meeting with the
leadership, Ambassador then paid a visit to the production facilities
of NEPG. Her Excellency was impressed not only with the size of
the investment by the NEPG but also the variety of products being
produced by the company which range from Anti Ritro Viral (ARVs)
to vitamins and many others.
NEPG has since put up a plan on how to enter the Zambian market
beginning with undertaking a comprehensive market research after
which the company will then introduce its ARV product in the Zambian
market. Later on, and depending on the market response, the NEPG
then intends to set up a pharmaceutical plant to produce ARVs
and other related drugs in Zambia.
NEPG is the largest state owned pharmaceutical company and the
largest producer of ARVs in the People’s Republic of China.
Ambassador
Joyce Musenge makes a presentation on investment opportunities
in Guangxi province.
On 26th May, 2011, at the invitation by the Chinese People’s
Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Ambassador
Joyce Musenge made a presentation on investment opportunities
in Zambia at the 6th Lecture of African Ambassadors held in Nanning
City in Guangxi province. Other Ambassadors present were from
Uganda, Sierra Leone and Egypt. The Ambassador was accompanied
by the First Secretary (Trade), Mr Joseph Silavwe.
Her Excellency presented on investment opportunities in the agricultural
sector with the focus on farm blocks being established by the
government in Zambia. She also highlighted the opportunities in
the tourism, energy and construction sectors. After the presentation,
Ambassador Musenge held meetings with the Datang group of companies
which expressed interest in investing in the hydro power sectors
in Zambia. She also met the Guangxi N & H Metallurgy Development
Co. Ltd which expressed interest in the mining sector in Zambia.
Guangxi N & H Metallurgy Development Co. Ltd has invested
over US$100m in the manganese sector in South Africa.
After the
presentation, Her Excellency, in the company of other Ambassadors,
toured agriculture demonstration center in Nanning and was impressed
with the various activities being undertaken there. A similar
demonstration center is being established in Zambia by the Jilin
Agricultural University which will be commissioned on 17th June,
2011. The Ambassador later on toured automobile industries in
Liuzhou city which is the industrial base for Guangxi province.
The leadership of Liuzhou expressed interest in twinning with
Livingstone on a city to city basis. On the other hand the twinning
of Southern province of Zambia and Guangxi province is already
underway with the signing of the agreement expected to take place
this year.
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Zambia
Vision 2030
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National Long Term Vision 2030 (Vision 2030) is Zambia's first
ever written long-term plan, expressing Zambians' aspirations
by the year 2030. It articulates possible long-term alternative
development policy scenarios at different points which would contribute
to the attainment of the desirable social economic indicators
by the year 2030.
The
Vision will be operationalised through the five year development
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and annual budgets. This marks a departure from past practice
of preparing and implementing medium-term plans that were not
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