MUSIC PLAYS
OK, OK.
PHONE RINGS
Yeah, hello? I have a short meeting at six.
So when I finish working, I'll come straight there.
We don't understand what it writes, but it gives you
a spirit of imagination, of where you're going to lead the country to.
So it's always a puzzle.
I've asked some Chinese guys to come and interpret it, you know?
Everyone says it's a language from a different part of China,
so I think we will all remain very, very challenged with that writing on the board.
When I sit with investors from the Western world, they do a PowerPoint
presentation about projections, cash flows, profit-and-loss account, income statements, balance sheets.
You know? Risk assessment.
And all this is flamboyant - graphs, you know?
Never seen those
with the Chinese. They probably do them on their own, but when they
come here, they just ask the Minister, "What are the incentives?
"Where is the piece of land where we should go and begin to work?"
Once completed, this will be the largest smelter in sub-Saharan Africa.
Not even in South Africa are you going to have a smelter as big as this one.
So, rock is crushed, it's bent. Copper comes out.
Obviously not as simple as that, but, you know, that is the concept!
They add a couple of chemicals, a couple of processes and all these kind of things, you know?
I was here maybe six months ago. All this was not there.
This what you are seeing here, it was all bush the last six months.
It just gives you a sense of the pace at which these guys are able to deliver.
You need a hat. Oh, my hat!
But now you try this one.
What, this is a special one? Yes.
Oh! Oh, yeah.
When do you hope to commission this project?
End of this year? Yes.
This will be the most important event that will have taken place in a long time in this country.
Thanks very much. Thank you.
OK. OK.
Huh? Together.
We've done it any way. OK...
OK!
CONGREGATION SKILLS
Hallelujah! Hallelujah. Amen.
WOMEN SING
To see the change in infrastructure development since last year is quite phenomenal.
China remains one of the biggest sources of investment globally.
So, where they are getting one per cent, translated into Zambia, that's huge.
In the Western world, they are not as quick as
China, and at the moment we are looking for a response that is fast.
You must have a really long journey last night...
Yes. ..and we are looking forward to meet you today. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
But we strongly agree and followed by the guidance of our government.
The Chinese entrepreneur is now looking outside China
to invest in particular in Africa and also in Zambia.
We have, obviously, opportunities in the mining sector,
but we also have opportunities in real estate
and tourism, particularly hotel development.
And that is one of the reasons I have seen that we have here with us our senior chief Mokone.
I'm quite sure that my senior chief here will be more than willing to
offer an appropriate piece of land site for hotel development.
He doesn't need persuading, because he is already here and he is hearing for himself.
Uh-huh.
We got your permission already, right?
OK. Yeah.
I'm writing it down.
But how can we do that?
Do you have guidance? He will provide the piece of land...
Ah! ..in Livingstone.
He'll provide another piece for mining in Chisera.
That is the guidance that we're going to provide you.
Oh, right!
Thank you, mister. Thank you.
China want oversubscription on this scale.
The scale is phenomenal.
And scale means that the market is also large.
And scale means that the investment opportunities also large.
We need to continue to open up the economy, just like China did.
But we also need to learn that development requires a lot of patience.
Even the animal that we keep at our places, they don't eat annually the same kind of food. No.
Need to have balanced diet.
They need to give us respect.
We are doing the job for them so that they can benefit.
Now they don't even respect us much as we expect like.
We are not trusted at all.
They can't leave you alone.
They don't regard us Zambians as people.
This is called an international company, so we expected it to follow the standard procedures
of operation.
Please.
The works are impressive,
and we have got a lot of comments from members of the public.
It is only sad that if the financial situation doesn't improve,
then the good that we are seeing will come to a standstill at one point.
So we are hoping that the people at the top will deliberate and apportion some money to this project.
WOMAN AT DOOR SPEAKS IN CHINESE
LAUGHING
CHATTERING
So give me five. Come, come, choose.
Please, please.
OK? OK, thank you!
Now, are there any problems that you are facing that you would like us to know about?
The funding, yes. Yes. Even Zambia's not an exception.
We have been affected by the global financial crisis.
Yes! Erm...
but I think...
in spite of that, you know,
we will do our best as government to make sure that this project succeeds.
Mm?
Yeah, to be damaged again.
OK. You know, we don't want, even after the patching is done...
you know, if it's not current, you know, it will all break up when it rains,
because we are in a part of the country where the rains are very heavy.
Exactly. Exactly. No, I am very, very grateful
that you have been able to travel and join us to assist.
So, how about today's arrangement?
Oh, the arrangement today is the President will be landing in about one hour's time from now,
and we'll have a chance to introduce you... OK, thank you.
..to the President. OK.
OK, we shall meet at the airport. All right. OK.
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC PLAYS
OK, I will show you exactly where you need to stand. OK. Yeah.
Since you are not black, you'll be very easy to find.
Oh, yeah!
MANY VOICES AT ONCE
TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC CONTINUES
Mr Li. How are you?
Mr Li is the one out there doing Total Rock.
They're doing a fantastic job there.
Doing the bridge also? Not the bridge. But the road, yes.
Thank you. They're doing a fantastic job.
Thank you. Good afternoon.
MANY VOICES DROWN SPEECH
OVER PA: Always a pleasure to come to Akula.
APPLAUSE AND CHANTING
Very happy to hear that we are building roads and schools and hospitals in this province.
We wish you could do more.
When you are telling the truth, nobody can argue.
When our chairman say start siting the road from Point A to Point B,
the people see for themselves, and the people are there, the contractors are here.
We'll say what we have done with the people.
They have seen with their own eyes.
EXCITED SHOUTING
BEEPING
Yes.
CHATTERING
The way they have fit the table, on the southern side are the Zambians,
on the northern side there will be the Chinese.
The Minister of Finance and the Chinese government,
they will sign the agreement, but the details we don't know yet.
It should be connected with the economic zones that are establishing in the copper belt.
The ministers will sign everything, and then we just exchange.
So after exchange, there is nothing for the press?
No speak to press.
They will have to speak. They have to speak?
Yes, because they have to say something about this.
Shall we be upstanding for the President of Zambia?
His Excellency the President.
Please be seated.
Thank you, honourable Minister of Commerce from China and all your esteemed delegation.
We are greatly honoured to welcome you to our country.
And I'd like to thank President Hu Jintao for asking you to come and visit us here today
and to assure you you are received with great warmth by the people of Zambia.
Your Excellency,
we're just about to sign five agreements, four for possession of loans and one grant.
APPLAUSE
MEOWING
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