China willing to work with Namibia to advance bilateral friendship: FM

China stands ready to work with Namibia to carry forward the fine tradition of mutual trust, mutual support, and solidarity, ensuring that China-Namibia friendship gains fresh vitality in the new era, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with Namibia's Minister of International Relations and Trade Selma Ashipala-Musavyi in Changsha, in central China's Hunan Province

Wang said that the two sides should strengthen the alignment of their development strategies, and upgrade mutually beneficial cooperation, so that Namibia can expedite its industrialization process and deliver more benefits to its people.

Ashipala-Musavyi, who was in China to attend the Ministerial Meeting of Coordinators on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), said Namibia looks forward to strengthening synergy with China and is confident that the ministerial meeting will yield fruitful results.

China on Tuesday sent the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite into space.

Launched at 22:16 (Beijing Time) aboard a modified version of the Long March-6 rocket, the satellite has entered planned orbit, according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

It will be used for national land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.