The Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Nomalungelo Gina, hosted China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology, CHEN Jiachang, during a courtesy visit at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) in Cape Town on Thursday, 26 March 2026.
The engagement followed the 9th South Africa-China Bi-National Commission, where Deputy President Paul Mashatile hosted China’s Vice President Han Zheng earlier in the day.
The two leaders reaffirmed the strong and long‑standing bilateral relations between South Africa and China, rooted in the 1999 Science and Technology Agreement between the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, under which more than 150 joint R&D projects have been implemented.
