The Prime Minister of Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, received on Saturday 23 August 2025 the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Senegal, H.E. M. and Li Zhigang. What is it? He was accompanied by leaders of China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), specialized in infrastructure, and BAOWU International, a major player in the steel industry, informs the Senegalese Primature on its Facebook page. According to the same source, the meeting focused on the follow-up of strategic projects discussed during the recent official visit of the Prime Minister to China, including the establishment of a steel plant in Senegal. La Primature underlines that this meeting aims to reaffirm the common will of Senegal and China to concretize the strategic projects agreed during the official visit of the Prime Minister to China. The steel project, in particular, is seen as a pillar of the economic partnership between the two countries. You’re not going to be able to do that. The following table summarizes the results of the calculation:
China-Senegal partnership: Sonko and Ambassador Li Zhigang concretise the steel project
