{"id":276989,"date":"2019-05-24T10:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T14:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiO2h0dHA6Ly93d3cueGluaHVhbmV0LmNvbS9lbmdsaXNoLzIwMTktMDUvMjQvY18xMzgwODY5OTIuaHRt0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:54:10","slug":"ethiopia-launched-a-chinese-language-portal-to-court-more-chinese-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/276989","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia launched a Chinese-language portal to court more Chinese investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Xinhua reported that the Ethiopian Investment Commission launched a Chinese-language web portal meant to ease service delivery and pull in more Chinese capital.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopia launched a Chinese-language portal to court more Chinese investors\" \/>\n<p>EIC Commissioner Abebe Abebayehu said China was already Ethiopia\u2019s biggest economic partner and largest source of investment and financial support, and that Addis Ababa wanted even more Chinese projects.<\/p>\n<p>Language portals look small beside rail and industrial parks, but they show how Abiy Ahmed\u2019s government marketed FDI through Beijing-facing tools rather than only English investment guides.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as China\u2013Ethiopia investment archive, the Chinese-friendly site launch is a dated soft-power and FDI marker from May 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2019-05\/24\/c_138086992.htm\">Xinhua<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia launches Chinese-friendly online platform to lure more Chinese investments &#8211; Xinhua | English.news.cn&nbsp;&nbsp;XinhuaADDIS ABABA, May 24 (Xinhua) &#8212; The Ethiopian government on Friday launched a Chinese language web portal with an aim to pro&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":468257,"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-276989","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\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1a3z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276989","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=276989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754905,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276989\/revisions\/754905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}