ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia and China have been expanding their overall win-win cooperation based on mutual benefit, said Ahmed Shide, Ethiopian State Minister of Finance and Economic Cooperation.
Speaking at a reception on late Friday in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa in connection with the Chinese Government Training Program Fellowship, Ahmed said the comprehensive Sino-Ethiopia cooperation including capacity building has been growing in scope and size.
The reception marked China's contribution to Ethiopia's human resource development by providing short and long-term training to Ethiopians.
Thousands of Ethiopians have benefited from the fellowship by attending short and long-term training programs in China.
"On behalf of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation and on behalf of the government of Ethiopia, and on behalf of those participants in this fellowship program, I would like to thank the People's Republic of China," said the state minister.
Ahmed called for continued and increased support from China in the area.
According to the state minister, the comprehensive cooperation Ethiopia has forged with China has brought about a lot of results in the East African country.
"Development cooperation between Ethiopia and China is very comprehensive; in recent times, it has been growing in scope and size, and also in result," he said.
"We have a comprehensive development framework agreement with China, what we call production capacity cooperation which involves cooperation in infrastructure development; cooperation in industrialization; cooperation in capacity building; and cooperation on natural resource development, and many more areas," he said.
"As a result of that cooperation which is based on win-win and mutually beneficial cooperation, a lot of results have happened in Ethiopia," noted the state minister.
Reiterating that the two countries have been enjoying fruitful partnership and cooperation in various fields, La Yifan, Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, said the Chinese government training program has benefited thousands of Ethiopians.
"Well over 4,000 Ethiopian nationals have had this privilege to be trained either in long-term or short-term in China," said the ambassador.
Some of the beneficiaries of the fellowship shared their experiences in China, whereby they have also hailed the training program.
