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China says to help Zimbabwe build special economic zones

Agencies | Updated: 2014-09-05 06:47

China says to help Zimbabwe build special economic zones

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Aug 25, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

China says to help Zimbabwe build special economic zones
Agreements help economy of Zimbabwe
HARARE - China will help Zimbabwe build special economic zones and industrial parks to jump-start exports and a struggling economy, its ambassador to Harare said on Thursday as a Chinese firm started expanding the country's largest hydro-power plant.

The pledge by Beijing's top envoy to Zimbabwe, Lin Lin, comes days after 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe returned from a trip to China during which he sought financial help and investment from the world's number two economy.

Lin told Mugabe during a ceremony to mark the start of work to expand Kariba hydropower station, 400 km (250 miles) northwest of Harare, that Beijing was ready to deepen bilateral relations.

Investors in the zones will benefit from special tax breaks and officials said they would not have to comply with black economic empowerment laws that force foreign companies to sell majority shares to black Zimbabweans.

"China is ready to take part in the construction of Zimbabwe's special economic zones and industrial parks, lead the cooperation in infrastructure construction, mining industry, manufacturing industry and other fields and encourage more Chinese companies to invest in Zimbabwe," Lin said.

Shunned by Western countries since 2000 over charges of human rights abuses and election rigging, Mugabe has increasingly embraced a "Look East" policy.

However, during Wednesday's session of parliament, finance minister Patrick Chinamasa dismissed suggestions Mugabe had gone to Beijing to beg for loans backed up by promises of shares in future mineral resources.

In January China's Exim Bank agreed to lend Zimbabwe $319 million to add 300 MW to Kariba hydropower plant, an upgrade that is expected to ease daily power shortages in the southern African country.

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