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LUSAKA, Aug. 3-- Zambia's favorable natural conditions for agricultural development and China's cutting edge in capital, technology and experience present a great opportunity for the two countries to increase cooperation in the agricultural sector, a top Chinese official said on Thursday. Yang Youming, Chinese Ambassador to Zambia said there was a great possibility for the two countries to complement each other to cement cooperation in agricultural sector. "I believe that, with the joint efforts of China and Zambia, the agricultural cooperation between our two countries will yield more extensive and fruitful results," Yang said at the official opening of the China-African Agriculture Cooperation and Development Summit, organized by the China Agriculture Film and Television Center and Global Max Media Group in collaboration with the Agricultural and Commercial Society of Zambia. China, he said, will continue to encourage its enterprises to invest in Zambia's agricultural sector and urged the enterprises to seize the opportunities to exploit the southern African nation's vast potential in the sector. The Chinese envoy explained that a lot has been done between the two countries in the development of the agriculture sector in the southern African nation. He cited the establishment of the China Aid-Zambia Agricultural Technical Demonstration Center in 2017, which is one of the 14 demonstration centers in Africa, has one of the best cooperation areas in the sector. | 
