Chinese ambassador to Ghana, GONG Jianzhong.
China and Ghana established diplomatic relations on July 5 1960. The founding fathers of the two new-born
republics laid a solid cornerstone for the development of the bilateral ties. In recent years, fruitful achievements have been made in various fields of bilateral cooperation, especially under the framework of China-Africa Cooperation Forum.
China takes the unity and cooperation with developing countries as the basis of its foreign policy and attaches great importance to all-round friendly and cooperative relations with them. China actively seeks mutually complementary economic, trade, and sci-tech cooperation channels, enhances consultation and cooperation with them on international issues, and jointly defends the rights
and interests of developing countries.
In this spirit, China has provided economic assistance to Ghana within its capacity and made vigorous efforts
to promote the development of cooperation between the two countries. For instance, the Chinese Government assisted Ghanaians in the construction of the Afefi Irrigation Project, the Dangme East District
Hospital, the Police and Military Barracks, the Ofankor- Nsawam stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Road, the National Theatre, the Kumasi Youth Centre, the Office Block of Ministry of Defence and three rural schools.
Chinese investments to Ghana have increased and so have bilateral trade relations.
Cultural and people-to-people exchanges have also been frequent. Under the framework of the
Forum of China Africa Cooperation, the Chinese Government grants more scholarships, training courses and
seminars of diverse forms for Ghanaians, which tells a higher premium China places on the cooperation in
human resources development with Ghana.
