On October 16, Zhao Weiping,Chinese Ambassador to Namibia, delivered remarks at China (Sichuan)-Namibia Agricultural Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Seminar, which was hosted by Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Windhoek. More than 60 representatives from the Sichuan delegations,Namibian government departments, research institutions, industry associations, and businesses participated in the Seminar.

Ambassador Zhao said that the Seminar is not only the latest testimony to the achievements of China-Namibia agricultural cooperation, but also the first-ever major event themed with agricultural science and technology cooperation held in Namibia in recent years. The Seminar has not only demonstrated the enthusiasm of Sichuan Province in enhancing agricultural cooperation with Namibia, but also shown the firm determination of the Chinese side to work together with the Namibian side to implement the important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah during her recent state visit to China. 

In her remarks, Hon. Ms. Ingenesia Inge Zaamwani, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, commended Sichuan Province for sending delegations to Namibia shortly after the state visit, and expressed her hope for continued and strengthened agricultural cooperation between China and Namibia.