Yunnan gives coffee seedlings to East Timor

The donation ceremony in Kunming, Yunnan province on Sept. 19. Photo/Yunnan Daily

The Chinese Embassy in East Timor and the Yunnan People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries jointly donated coffee seedlings worth 500,000 RMB to the Timor-Leste Coffee Association on September 19.

As an action for neighboring people’s well-being, the donation aims to help the East Timor coffee revival project being vigorously implemented to benefit more local coffee farmers.

 

Coffee trees bloom in a plantation, southwest Yunnan's Puer city. File photo/Yunnan Daily  

The donation was held in Kunming and East Timor virtually and physically. East Timorese President José Ramos Horta attended the ceremony, witnessing the signing of donation documents.

Pedro Dos Reis, East Timorese Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and Xiao Jianguo, Chinese Ambassador to East Timor, delivered speeches at the event.

 

Coffee beans are harvested in a village, southwest Yunnan's Puer city. File photo/Yunnan Daily

Reporting by Zhu Hai (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue