Wei Rushan Meets with Botswana Ambassador to China Bartlang Serema and His Delegation

On September 1, Wei Rushan, Vice General Manager of China National Building Material Group and President of China National Building Material Co., Ltd., met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Botswana to the People's Republic of China, Bartrand Serema, and his delegation at the headquarters in Beijing, and the two sides conducted friendly and in-depth exchanges on cooperation in various fields. During the

talks, Wei Rushan warmly welcomed Ambassador Serema and his delegation, and introduced the business layout and development of China's building materials, as well as the achievements made in the construction of the "the Belt and Road" and international cooperation. He hoped that with the strong support of Mr. Ambassador, China's building materials and Botswana enterprises would carry out in-depth cooperation in various fields and jointly contribute to the development of China-Africa friendly cooperation.

Ambassador Serema highly recognized the comprehensive strength and industry influence of China's building materials industry, and introduced Botswana's economic, social and cultural development, as well as the needs and overall planning of infrastructure construction, building materials industry and other fields. He said that the relationship between Botswana and China has been stable and friendly for a long time, and this year coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Botswana and China. He is willing to take this opportunity to carry out diversified cooperation with Chinese building materials and work together to promote the high-quality development of Botswana's economy and society.

The two sides agreed to take this meeting as an important starting point, maintain continuous communication, actively explore the potential for cooperation in green building materials, internationalization, trade and other fields, and jointly promote friendly exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

Ambassador Serema and his delegation visited the business exhibition hall of China Building Material Group. South Gengxu, Investment and Trade Adviser and Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of

Botswana in the Asia-Pacific Region, Colonel Mpafi Kinosi, Military Attache of Botswana in China, Raone Pearl Serara, Sapelo Motswabagale, First Secretary of the Embassy of Botswana in China, and Orabil Tekanyo, Commissioner of Immigration of the Embassy of Botswana in China. Xing Sihan, Executive Director of Botswana National Chamber of Commerce Representative Office in China; Lu Hao, President of China Building Materials Investment, Liu Xiaofeng, Vice General Manager of International Cooperation Department of China Building Materials Co., Ltd., Chen Xin, Vice General Manager of Investment Development Department of China Building Materials Co., Ltd., Zhao Xintao, Director of China Building Materials Construction and General Manager of South Africa Company, Relevant personnel from the International Cooperation Department of China National Building Material Co., Ltd., Sinoma Construction and Sinoma Cement participated in the above activities.