CHINESE President Xi Jinping has commended Zambia’s achievements in economic development and improvement of people’s livelihood under President Hakainde Hichilema’s leadership. And President Hichilema has thanked China for the key role it played in the Zambian debt restructuring process as co-chair of the Official Creditors’ Committee under the G20 Common Framework. President Hichilema undertook a state visit to the People’s Republic of China from September 10 t0 16, 2023. In a joint statement between Zambia and the People’s Republic of China, President Xi said he believed that under President Hichilema, Zambia would fully implement the 8th NDP and attain economic transformation. “The Chinese side applauded Zambia’s historic political stability and peaceful and friendly relations with countries in the region and...