By Dorrothy Moyo | Emmerson Mnangagwa’s deputy Constantino Chiwenga has said there are some things slowing down business progress between Harare and Beijing.

Chiwenga was narrated as saying so by the state owned main broadsheet. Although the Herald did not print out the core of what he uttered, it narrated of six new projects for consideration by China saying there are ongoing still-to-be resolved-challenges between both countries.

Speaking at a dinner hosted in honour of Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Wang Yi, Chiwenga said it was his hope that these projects, would receive China’s support to push the two countries’ economic cooperation for mutual benefit.

“As you are aware, Your Excellency, we have set ourselves a target to attain the status of an upper middle income economy by 2030. It is our hope that these projects, if started early, will provide the impetus that we need towards that objective,” said Chiwenga.

He then said while there were some issues on either side that could have been slowing down cooperation, Zimbabwe was committed to seeing the fruits of the partnership and will therefore work “extra-hard” to remove any impediment to its growth.

Chiwenga said it will be the function of this ministerial committee to ensure the economic partnership between Zimbabwe and China remained on track.

“Our expectation is that our two sides will continue to have a meeting of minds on what needs to be done to grow this relationship on the basis of win-win cooperation,” he said. – state media/Herald