President Saïed visits Huawei headquarters, Library and BYD Company [Upd 1]

Tunis: President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed, his wife and members of the delegation accompanying him on a State visit to China went Saturday to Dongguan, a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, where they toured Huawei Library. The curator of the library briefed the visitors about various pavilions, particularly the one dedicated to Tunisia. The Head of State presented the various civilisations throughout Tunisia's history and offred Tunisian works to the library as a token of friendship binding the Tunisian and Chinese peoples, the Presidency of the Republic said in a press release. Saïed also paid a visit to Huawei corporate headquarters in Shenzhen where he met with its founder Ren Zhengfei and took stock of the activities of the company across the world, mainly in Tunisia, as well as its latest technological innovations and opportunities to develop partnership with Tunisia in the digitisation of the administration, financial transactions, education and renewable energies. Digitisation, Saïed said, has become a pressing need considering its numerous advantages which go beyond the rapid and transparent provision of services and its contribution to the fight against corruption. Then, the President paid a visit to the headquarters of BYD Company specialised in manufacturing electric and hybrid vehicles. He focused attention on means of public transport (buses, subway vehicles ) manufactured by the company and said, in this vein, the public transport service is an absolute priority in Tunisia. The State, he said, seeks to identify adequate solutions to upgrade this service as a pillar of economic development. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse