Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somdy Duangdy in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2018. Somdy is here to attend the 15th China-ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, to be held from Sept. 12 to 15 in Nanning. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

He said China is ready to work with Laos to implement results of mutual visits between leaders of the two countries, enhance experience exchanges on party and country governance, jointly build the Belt and Road, carry out key projects on production capacity investment and cooperation, forge ahead people-to-people exchanges, hold the China-Laos year of tourism, deepen the understanding and friendship between the two peoples, so as to push forward the building of a strategic community with a shared future for China and Laos to achieve new progress.

Somdy said China-ASEAN Expo has played a positive role in cementing trade, investment, tourism cooperation between the two sides and Laos stands ready to work with China to build an unbreakable, strategic community with a shared future for Laos and China.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng (R), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Seif Ali Iddi, Second Vice President of Zanzibar, Tanzania, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2018. Tanzania is an invited partner of this year's China-ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

Han also met with Seif Ali Iddi, Second Vice President of Zanzibar, Tanzania on Tuesday. Han called on Tanzania to give full play of the China-ASEAN Expo to further enhance bilateral trade and investment cooperation, and inject new impetus into the bilateral relations.

The two sides also exchanged views on building an even stronger community with a shared future for China and Africa, after the successful conclusion of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Tanzania is an invited partner of this year's China-ASEAN Expo.

Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with Seif Ali Iddi, Second Vice President of Zanzibar, Tanzania, in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2018. Tanzania is an invited partner of this year's China-ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Expo. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)