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china news service, qufu, shandong, september 1 (wang caiyi and sun tingting) "i am impressed by shandong's advanced development in agriculture, digital economy and high-tech fields. we look forward to deepening pragmatic exchanges and cooperation with shandong province in various fields." president touadéra of the central african republic (hereinafter referred to as "car") said during his visit to lu.

from august 30 to september 1, touadéra and his delegation visited shandong, including baotu spring, confucius mansion, confucius temple, eshang town, cao county digital economy industrial park, etc. it is understood that this trip is touadéra's second visit to china since he took office as president.

touadera said that shandong has natural geographical advantages, and its infrastructure such as roads, railways, and aviation is very advanced. at the same time, shandong has a high level of industrialization, and there are very powerful enterprises in various fields.

while visiting a timber company in cao county, heze, touadéra said: "central africa has high-quality timber, but lacks the technical means to increase the added value of logs. i hope to deepen cooperation with relevant shandong companies in the next step." he said that central africa also has very rich mineral resources and looks forward to establishing a win-win partnership with shandong.

during his visit to qufu, the hometown of confucius, touadéra expressed his expectation for cultural exchanges with china. "confucius enjoys a great reputation in central africa. more and more young people in china and africa are willing to learn about chinese culture and chinese. i look forward to deepening cultural and educational cooperation with china and deepening the friendship and understanding between the two peoples."

in recent years, the two countries have made great progress in economic, trade, cultural and other cooperation, and their friendly and cooperative relations have been increasingly consolidated. "this trip is to discover china's new development, learn from china's new experience, find new opportunities for china-africa development, and strengthen cooperation with chinese local governments," said touadéra.

at present, more and more chinese companies are setting up their presence in the central african market. touadéra said that the central african republic is working with the chinese embassy in the central african republic to study "how to strengthen political security protection for local chinese companies" and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. "we expect more and more chinese companies to invest in the central african republic, and we also hope to introduce more advanced chinese technologies." (end)