In May 2019 Xinhua reported that State Minister of Foreign Affairs Aklilu Hailemichael met Chinese medical-technology companies in Addis Ababa and urged them to invest, saying the foreign ministry would work with the health ministry to support projects.
The invitation fit a wider pattern of Ethiopian officials seeking Chinese capital in hospitals, devices, and pharma while public clinics still faced doctor shortages and drug gaps.
State media framed the meeting as opportunity; readers should treat it as an investment pitch, not as proof that equipment later reached rural wards.
Kept as health and FDI archive, the Chinese medical-tech call is a dated marker of Abiy Ahmed–era courtship of Beijing in the health sector.
Sources: Xinhua