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China - Africa trade, investment 'off to a flying start' in 2017
China's Ambassador to Kenya Liu Xianfa (left) and Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich at the signing ceremony of food aid from China worth Sh2.2 billion in March. FILE PHOTO | BI LAISHUN
China's trade with African countries rose nearly one-fifth in the first quarter from a year earlier, while its direct investment in the continent soared 64 per cent, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday.
Trade cooperation between China and Africa is "off to a flying start" in 2017, thanks to policy benefits from a cooperative framework laid down by the Chinese and African leaders in South Africa in 2015, said Sun Jiwen, spokesman at the ministry.
