By Chinese Embassy 

Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy, Li Xiaoyong, on November 24, 2022, paid a visit to the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) and met with Vice Chancellor Dr. Joseph Turay, representatives of the faculties and around 500 students.

Mr. Li briefed the teachers and students on the recently-concluded 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and its significance to the world. He said that one of the highlights of this important Congress is about the Chinese Modernization, which is the modernization of a huge population, of common prosperity for all, of the combination with material and cultural-ethical advancement, of harmony with nature, and of peaceful development.

Mr. Li elaborated that the Chinese Modernization will provide new opportunities for African countries and will further boost China-Sierra Leone cooperation and China’s peaceful development will promote the steady and long-term development of China-Sierra Leone friendship. He encouraged the students of UNIMAK to study hard to make more contributions to a better Sierra Leone and a stronger China-Sierra Leone Partnership.

Dr. Turay and the faculties expressed sincere appreciation for China’s continuing support to the development of Sierra Leone and to UNIMAK in particular. They vowed to play a more active role in promoting the mutual understanding between Sierra Leone and China.

Mr. Li also donated the Fourth Volume of the Governance of China by H.E. President Xi Jinping to UNIMAK.