Dalam kunjungannya ke negara Afrika selatan, Hu mengumumkan bahwa China akan menanamkan modal senilai 800 juta dolar di bidang pengembangan pertambangan tembaga di 'zona ekonomi khusus' Chambishi di utara.
But his visit to a Chinese-run copper mine in Chambishi, where 50 Zambians died in a mine explosion in 2005, had to be cancelled after reports of planned protests.