Honorable Deputy Foreign Minister Abedinico Ncube,
Dear friends of all walks of life of Zimbabwe,
Dear colleagues from Diplomatic Corps,
Dear fellow countrymen of China，
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good afternoon!
On behalf of my colleagues in the Chinese Embassy, allow me to  thank all of you for joining us together to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
As an ambassador who’s been here for only 24 days, I want to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Government of Zimbabwe, colleagues and friends for your warm welcome, assistance and support I received since I touched this land.
Dear friends,
The People’s Republic of China was founded in October 1, 1949. Over the past 54 years, China has shown the world remarkable changes with eye-catching achievements. This year, our economy continues to maintain a sound momentum of growth in spite of the outbreak of SARS and other severe natural disasters. Statistics show that China’s GDP for the first half of this year increased by 8.2 percent.
This year also witnessed the successful election of a new Chinese leadership headed by President Hu Jintao. Like their predecessors, the newly-elected leaders are sparing no efforts to work on the promotion of sustainable, rapid and sound development of national economy and overall social progress, and to further enhance the living standard of Chinese people. Our historical mission is to accelerate the modernization drive, complete the reunification course and maintain world peace and promote common development.

Dear friends,
In December this year, the second Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is part of the unremitting efforts made by China and African countries to share experiences and pursue common development. The participants of the conference will hold extensive and in-depth discussion and exchanges on how to further promote the establishment of a new, stable and long-term China-Africa partnership of equality and mutual benefit and all-round cooperation. We believe that the conference will be fruitful and will play an important role in enhancing China-African relations of friendship and cooperation.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
As I mentioned just now, I am new to Zimbabwe. I hope and believe that, during my tenure, I will receive full support and cooperation from different departments of Zimbabwean Government, all circles of the society and Diplomatic Corps and, of course, I will enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and the hospitality of Zimbabwe and its people. I thank you.