Recently, the handover ceremony for the China-aided National School of Health project in Guinea-Bissau was held grandly in Bissau. President Nhamadjo and Prime Minister Barros of Guinea-Bissau, accompanied by more than 10 key cabinet members including the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Health, Infrastructure, and Economy, as well as the Mayor of Bissau, Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Wang Hua, Chinese construction experts, representatives of some diplomatic missions, faculty and students of the Guinea-Bissau School of Health, and Cuban doctors, totaling about 300 people, attended the ceremony.
Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Wang Hua and President Nhamadjo of Guinea-Bissau cut the ribbon for the project's completion. Ambassador Wang and Guinea-Bissau's Minister of Infrastructure Gomes signed the handover certificates on behalf of their respective governments. Ambassador Wang then personally handed the keys to the completed project to Minister of Infrastructure Gomes, who in turn passed them to the Minister of Health of Guinea-Bissau, Agostinho.
Ambassador Wang first delivered a speech at the ceremony. He stated that today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, who, along with Guinea-Bissau's founding father Cabral, laid the foundation for the friendship between China and Guinea-Bissau. Ambassador Wang thanked the Chinese engineering and technical personnel and workers for completing the construction of the National School of Health project in Guinea-Bissau in just 365 days, noting that this is a New Year's gift from the Chinese people to the people of Guinea-Bissau.
Prime Minister Barros of Guinea-Bissau praised in his speech the selfless and generous assistance provided by the People's Republic of China for the economic and social development of Guinea-Bissau over the long term. He said that China's aid comes with no strings attached, and all assistance is for the benefit of the people of Guinea-Bissau, which will not change due to shifts in political power. He expressed his hope that the Ministry of Health of Guinea-Bissau would manage and utilize the project well, making due contributions to the training of local medical personnel.
Source: Ministry of Commerce Website