China Provides Ethiopia with AU Center

Jia Qinglin (R, front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, hands over the golden key which represents the new Conference Center for the African Union (AU) to Equatorial Guinean President and AU Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo during the inauguration ceremony of the new AU conference center in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 28, 2012.

The new Conference Center for the AU, which is sponsored by the Chinese government, was inaugurated here on Saturday. Jia Qinglin attended the inauguration ceremony and gave a speech. <Photo: Xinhua/Rao Aimin>

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