is the focus of this perspective today on SinoTanzania Relations: Ambassador Dr. LU Younqing.

Assuming office on 27th February 2012, Dr Lung is gearing to leave the country at the end of his tour of duty - very remarkably.

According to my formal and impeccable sources, Dr Lu has illustrated extraordinary dedication to the overall development of our country reaching out to all regions of our country, including rural areas - drilling over 100 wells.

He has built classrooms, donating school desks, textbooks, and also medicines for local hospitals. This was at down to earth levels, reaching out to majority peasants in our countryside.

In terms of education development of our youth, Ambassador Lu has offered 700 hundred scholarships to our youth to study in China. Today 7000 Tanzanians have concluded degreesranging from bachelors, masters and doctorates in many a discipline.

According to one source: "In July this year, Tanzania's drug control and enforcement authorities requested ambassador Lu to help arrange training opportunities in China on this line of specialty, a request which Dr Lu embarked upon immediately, starting the formal enrolment the following day."

In the last five years, Ambassador Lu has organised five 'Tanzania-China Investment Forums' to promote Chinese investments in Tanzania.

Data available from the Tanzania Investment Centre, Chinese aid to Tanzania increased to 7 billion US dollars in 2017 from 700 million US dollars in 2015, which is a ten times growth, in the course of Ambassador Lu's tenure of office.

"Others include the expansion and upgrading of ports in Tanzania, infrastructure and agricultural development."

There is a universal saying