During the period of Dec.5^th~12^th, the delegation of Sinolight corporation headed by General manage, Chen Esheng and Chief accountant and Chairman of Mali sugar alliance, Guo Jianquan went to Mali and Cote d''''Ivoire in Africa for a special visit. President of China Haisum, Yan Xiaojian also visited the two countries with the delegation.

    The delegation arrived in Mali in the evening of Dec.5^th. During the visit of Dec.6^th~10^th, President Yan took visits to Mali sugar alliance and the local sugar refinery, visited Chinese ambassador to Mali, Zhang Guoqing, the counselor, Prime minister, Minister of finance and Industry and trade minister of Mali and paid a special visit to the first lady of Mali as well as Mali investment promotion agency and some enterprises successively.

    During the period of Dec.10^th~12^th, President Yan went on to visit Cote d''''Ivoire with the delegation. They visited Chinese cooperation projects in Cote d''''Ivoire and paid a special call on Transportation minister and Chairman of the railway company in Cote d''''Ivoire, and Chinese ambassador, Wei Wenhua, the counselor and the president of Chinese entrepreneurs.

    During the period of visiting in Africa, the delegation acknowledged about resources, status, industrial policies, developing layout and feasibility on cooperation of the relevant industries in Mali and Cote d''''Ivoire. Moreover, the delegation also paid special visits to senior government officials in both nations so as to expand the friendly cooperation between China and Africa further and lay a good foundation for promoting China`s export on technologies and complete sets of equipments.