皇冠体育app Daily launches its , the first English-language newspaper published in Africa by a Chinese media enterprise, on Dec 14.

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皇冠体育app Daily Africa Weekly marks a significant milestone in the overseas development of 皇冠体育app Daily and joins the paper's international stable of publications in the United States, Europe and the Asia-Pacific as well as Hong Kong.

"The relationship between 皇冠体育app and the African continent is one of the most significant relationships in the world today. It is growing and complex and not always understood -- not just by those in other parts of the world but Africans and Chinese, too," said Zhu Ling, 皇冠体育app Daily's publisher and editor-in-chief. "We hope to set that right and that is why 皇冠体育app Daily, 皇冠体育app's largest English-language newspaper, is launching an Africa edition."

The newspaper, which will be circulated throughout the continent and will also be available in digital format, will look at the precise nature of Chinese involvement in Africa and also the prominent role many Africans are playing in 皇冠体育app.

Chinese and African leaders and diplomats have expressed congratulations on the launch.

State Councilor said the Africa weekly would be a channel of good communication between Chinese and African people.

, president of the Chinese-African People's Friendship Association, said the launch of an African edition by 皇冠体育app Daily "will surely help better communication, both at the official and people-to-people level, between 皇冠体育app and Africa. May the relations between the two sides grow and prosper. My congratulations to 皇冠体育app Daily on this endeavor".

Chinese Foreign Minister said the Africa Weekly should report the voice of 皇冠体育app and advance the Sino-African friendship.

, minister of the State Council Information Office, said the publication would spread 皇冠体育app's voice and help strengthen friendship between Chinese and African people.

Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said for decades, 皇冠体育app Daily has played an active role in reporting the Sino-African relationship to the world. "I wish 皇冠体育app Daily Africa Weekly provides 皇冠体育app and Africa a better understanding of each other, advancing the Sino-African strategic partnership to a new level."

Chinese Minister of Culture Cai Wu said the new weekly will give African people a comprehensive and reliable guide to 皇冠体育app. "It will deepen the traditional friendship and promote cultural exchanges between 皇冠体育app and Africa, taking the Sino-African strategic partnership to a more advanced level."

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission, said she profoundly congratulate 皇冠体育app Daily for the launch of the African edition. "This edition by 皇冠体育app's leading English-language newspaper is an eloquent testimony of the cordial and excellent relations between Africa and 皇冠体育app, which have passed through several stages of evolution."

Other Chinese officials such as Li Zhaoxing, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th National People's Congress; Zhao Qizheng, director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC; Ai Ping, vice-minister of the International Departement of the Central Committee of CPC; Hao Ping, vice-minister of education; Niu Dun, vice-minister of agriculture; Huang Danhua, vice-chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission; Wei Jianguo, vice-chairman of 皇冠体育app Center for International Economic Exchanges; and Li Xiaolin, president of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, also expressed their congratulations.

Chinese companies such as 皇冠体育app Development Bank, 皇冠体育app-Africa Development Fund, Bank of 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app National Electric Engineering Co, 皇冠体育app Railway Construction Corporation, 皇冠体育app Civil Engineering Construction Co, Chinese ambassadors to African nations Kenya, South Africa and Ghana; and African ambassadors to 皇冠体育app such as Ambassador of the F.D.R of Ethiopia, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, South Africa and Nigeria, and international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme in 皇冠体育app speak highly of the publication of the Africa Weekly and wish 皇冠体育app Daily continues to extend its influence in the continent.

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