Luanda — A delegation of the Sino-Africa Development Fund, led by its chairman, Giao Jian, arrived Tuesday evening in Luanda for a three-day visit meant to survey the Angolan market and establish possible partnerships, ANGOP learnt.

Giao Jian, who is also the deputy governor of the Chian Development Bank (CDB), was welcomed at the airport by the ambassador to China, Joao Manuel Bernardo, and that country's diplomatic representative in Angola, Zhang Beisane.

Ambassador Joao Manuel Bernardo said that this first visit to Angola by a team from this institution shows the ongoing changes in this country.

"Angola is becoming one of the stopping-places for those who who want to help our country to grow and create better living conditions for its people", he said.

The diplomat said the fund is one of the six measures that the Chinese government has created for the development and growth of the African continent.

It was created in November 2006, during a China-Africa summit held in that Asian country, with the participation of African heads of State and Government as well as China.