{"id":276786,"date":"2019-05-22T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiO2h0dHA6Ly93d3cueGluaHVhbmV0LmNvbS9lbmdsaXNoLzIwMTktMDUvMjMvY18xMzgwODExMDguaHRt0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:47:38","slug":"ethiopias-foreign-ministry-invited-chinese-medical-technology-firms-to-invest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/276786","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia\u2019s foreign ministry invited Chinese medical-technology firms to invest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-602499\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/health-stpauls-1280.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopia\u2019s foreign ministry invited Chinese medical-technology firms to invest\" \/>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>State media framed the meeting as opportunity; readers should treat it as an investment pitch, not as proof that equipment later reached rural wards.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as health and FDI archive, the Chinese medical-tech call is a dated marker of Abiy Ahmed\u2013era courtship of Beijing in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2019-05\/23\/c_138081108.htm\">Xinhua<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia welcomes investment from Chinese medical tech firms: minister &#8211; Xinhua | English.news.cn&nbsp;&nbsp;XinhuaADDIS ABABA, May 22 (Xinhua) &#8212; The Ethiopian government on Wednesday urged Chinese technology firms to explore the abundant investment o&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":602499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/health-stpauls-1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a0i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754866,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276786\/revisions\/754866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}