{"id":37665,"date":"2026-06-21T17:41:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37665"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T15:41:28","slug":"sa-deputy-president-in-china-to-strengthen-trade-investment-ties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-deputy-president-in-china-to-strengthen-trade-investment-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Deputy President in China to strengthen trade, investment ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Deputy President Paul Mashatile is in China on a working visit aimed at boosting trade, investment and economic cooperation between SA and China.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The visit includes participation in the China International Supply Chain Expo and engagements with government and business leaders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Building on the outcomes of the SA-China Bi-National Commission held in Cape Town in March, Mashatile\u2019s visit aims to deepen cooperation between the two countries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Beijing, he\u2019s attending the 4th China International Supply Chain Expo and will meet Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Later this week, Mashatile travels to Shenzhen to advance discussions from the 2024 Shenzhen Presidential Business Forum.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He is expected to engage business leaders to strengthen investment and trade partnerships with Chinese companies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Deputy Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Zuko Godlimpi is among officials accompanying him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29737,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-37665","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The visit includes participation in the China International Supply Chain Expo and engagements with government and business leaders. ","published_date":"","news_description":"The visit includes participation in the China International Supply Chain Expo and engagements with government and business leaders. ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37666,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37665\/revisions\/37666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}