BANJUL, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Gambia, based in the west African country's capital Banjul, held a reception to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China here on Friday.
Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jiming said the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1 in 1949 was historic for China and the world.
"From 2013 to 2016, China topped the world with an annual GDP growth at 7.2 percent and contributed more than 30 percent to the growth of the world economy," Zhang said.
"Over 13 million new urban jobs are being created every year and the surveyed urban unemployment rate has been kept at around 5 percent," he added.
Zhang said the past five years showed that over 55 million Chinese have been lifted out of poverty, while over 700 million have rid themselves of poverty in the past four decades.
Gambian Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou said Gambia has always welcomed China as a significant partner.
"We will continue to support the one-China policy," Tambadou said.
Gambia and China resumed bilateral relations in 2016 after they had been severed for some 20 years.
