On March 15, H.E. Mr. Abdul’ahat Abdurixit, Former Vice Chairman of CPPCC and President of the Chinese-African People’s Friendship Association (CAPFA) met with the delegation led by H.E. Mr. Jose De Vasconcelos, Minister of Petroleum of Angola. Abdul’ahat welcomed Vasconcelos and his delegation and thanked him for his long-term support to the development of the Chinese enterprises operating in Angola. He said that Vasconcelos is both a good friend of Chinese people and a good partner of Chinese enterprises. The Chinese government attaches great importance to China-Angola relations, and the CAPFA specially set up the China-Angola friendship association to strengthen its cooperation with Angola. Abdul’ahat also hoped that Vasconcelos will continue to support bilateral pragmatic cooperation and maintain exchanges with the association, so as to jointly promote China-Angola people-to-people exchanges. In addition, he briefed the delegation on the NPC and CPPCC sessions in 2016, as well as the outline and development concepts of the 13th Five-Year Plan.

Vasconcelos thanked the CPAFFC and the CAPFA for inviting him to visit China. He said that through the visits to the enterprises specialized in developing shallow sea oil field and energy, he gained a deeper understanding of and learned more about China’s successful experiences, advanced equipment and technology in exploiting land-based oil. Under the framework of Angola-China strategic partnership, he would take this visit as an opportunity to promote the pragmatic cooperation between Angola and China with oil industry as the focus, introduce China’s advanced technology and equipment to Angola and exploit oil and gas resources in Angola jointly with China. He also said that he would try his best to cooperate with the CAPFA.

During the meeting, the two sides also exchanged in-depth views on issues such as China-Angola local government cooperation and international oil price. Mme. Lin Yi, Vice President of the CPAFFC and the CAPFA, Mr. Sun Xueqing, Deputy Director General of Asian and African Affairs Department of the CPAFFC, Mr. Yi Huichang, Vice President of China-Angola Friendship Association were present.