South African minister says relations with China conducive to employment

2009-11-07 12:07:54 GMT2009-11-07 20:07:54 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's relations with China are conducive to the country's plan to halve unemployment by 2014, the labor minister said on Saturday.

Speaking at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart He Xian in Cape Town, South African Labor Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said South Africa wanted to learn vital strategies of job creation from the Asian country as it also faced the same unemployment crisis, the Cape Time reported.

"A fact of life that cannot be ignored is that both South Africa and China are developing countries whose growing stature in international affairs is there for everybody to see, " Mdladlana was quoted as saying

"No wonder we are being invited to all important global forums as an acknowledgement of the positive role we both play," Mdladlana added.

The visiting Chinese minister said, "We appreciate the fruits of our cooperation in many projects."

"Our two peoples are linked heart-to-heart by common goals and aspirations and we must ensure that our relations grow from strength to strength," said Chinese Consul-general to South Africa Hao Guangfeng.

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