The president of the Angola-China Chamber of Commerce, Luís Cupenala, praised the enormous cooperation between Angola and China in the commercial field, stating that the level of bilateral cooperation is consistent and reliable.
Luís Cupenala, who was speaking to the Chinese newspaper, Xinhua, also said that such cooperation has contributed to the improvement of infrastructure, industrialization, as well as efforts to combat poverty in the African country. The official mentioned the Benguela Railway (CFB) as an example and highlighted transport as an area of great cooperation between the two countries over the years, praising Chinese companies for having built railways, roads, airports and infrastructure. -electrical structures that improved connectivity in Angola.
The Benguela Railway connecting the port city of Lobito to the city of Luau, on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, was built by the China Railway 20 Bureau Group Corporation and was delivered to Angola on 3 October 2019.