Exclusive with South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile

Editor's note: China and South Africa are deepening their strategic partnership at a time of profound global change. What opportunities does closer China-Africa cooperation create for economic growth? How can investment, technology, and people-to-people exchanges shape the next chapter of this partnership? In this episode of Leaders Talk, CMG's He Yanke sits down with South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile for an exclusive conversation. Together, they explore Mashatile's impressions of China's rapid development following his latest visit to the China International Supply Chain Expo. They discuss South Africa's efforts to attract more Chinese investment, examine cooperation in clean energy, infrastructure, logistics, and the digital economy, and look into how innovation can support economic modernization. The conversation also delves into China's zero-tariff policy for 53 African countries with diplomatic relations with China, the growing China-South Africa comprehensive strategic partnership, exchanges between the Communist Party of China and the African National Congress, and the role of the Global South in promoting a more inclusive international order.