Groundbreaking ceremony of China-aided Central African cultural center held in Kinshsa

The groundbreaking ceremony of the China-aided Central African Cultural and Arts Center was held in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Oct 15, 2019. 

Felix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, prime minister of the DRC, and Tu Wentao, acting Charge d'Affaires of China's Embassy in the DRC, attended the ceremony.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the China-aided Central African Cultural and Arts Center is held in Kinshasa on Oct 15, 2019. [Photo/cidca.gov.cn] 

Tu said that the project is one of the major China-Africa cooperation projects put forward by China at the 2015 Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Once completed, it will play an important role in advancing the cultural and artistic undertakings of DRC and the whole of Africa, thus becoming a new milestone of the cooperation between China and the DRC. China attaches great importance to the friendship between the two countries, supports the DRC in achieving economic prosperity, and is willing to further strengthen intergovernmental cooperation between the two countries, according to Tu. 

The groundbreaking ceremony of the China-aided Central African Cultural and Arts Center is held in Kinshasa on Oct 15, 2019. [Photo/cidca.gov.cn]