Dipu village is a place where you take tea in a pigsty and coffee in a cattle enclosure.
Although China's imports from South Africa have been negatively affected by falling international commodity prices, the long-term prospects for trade and economic cooperation between the two countries remain bright due to their ever-deepening cooperation, said Zhao Zhongxiu, vice-president and trade professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.
The relationship between China and South Africa has never been stronger, and its strategic importance to both sides has been demonstrated by an unprecedented level of mutual political trust, increasingly close international coordination, fruitful pragmatic cooperation and wide-ranging cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Sino-South African trade and economic cooperation has led to a greater convergence of interests, which also reflects the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
China is expected to play a greater leadership role in promoting global growth and development as it hosts the G20 Leaders Summit on Sunday and Monday, according to an economist at a world's top think tank.
China's presidency of the G20 this year provides a unique opportunity to showcase the nation's growing leadership on the world stage, says a senior UK business leader.
A significant outcome of the G20 Leaders Summit will be an agreement on policy to invigorate international trade and stimulate growth, an economist with a US research center has predicted.
China's growing influence in global economic architecture is crucial both for this populous country's growth and that of the world, according to a renowned economist from Brussels.
The G20 Summit in Hangzhou is China's golden opportunity to take on a leadership position. China can play a critical role by nurturing the development of meaningful communication and initiating dialogue to seek win-win compromise and solutions. To restore stability, openness and economic hopefulness, China can help shape the following agenda: raise the level of understanding among nations, organize positive dialogue, push for global programs on inclusive growth and further structural reforms and market liberalization.
China has played an extremely important role in lifting the global economy since the 2008 financial crisis, according to Guy Ryder, director-general of the International Labor Organization, based in Geneva.
The ability to solve problems is declining in most industrialized countries, with the trend becoming obvious in the past two years, according to a study by a top Ger-man think tank.
Security of energy supplies is crucial to the G20 agenda of global growth, and China should play a bigger role in global energy security and climate change mitigation governance, said Christoph Frei, secretary-general of the World Energy Council.
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