Beijing helps Pretoria lead way

With more financing, continent can upgrade its industries, Xi says

China will encourage agencies at home to "expand the scale of financing toward South Africa" and boost the latter's role in upgrading African industries, President Xi Jinping told his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma.

Xi, who is on his second visit to the "rainbow nation" as Chinese president, said during a bilateral meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Pretoria, South Africa's capital, that Beijing will "facilitate Pretoria's efforts in leading China-Africa cooperation on production capability and promoting Africa's industrialization".