From 21 to 22 June, 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council of the People's Republic of China was in Cape Town, legislative capital of South Africa, on an official visit to this country at the invitation of South African President Tbabo Mbeki.

Premier Wen Jiabao got off the Special Plane	South African Foreign Minister welcomed Premier Wen
Premier Wen shaking hands with South African officials	Premier Wen seeing traditional African performance

 On the afternoon of June 21, 2006, Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, and signed the Cooperation Program on Deepening Strategic Partnership between China and South Africa and attended the signing ceremony of a number of documents on bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas such as economy, trade, medicine, health, quality inspection and culture. Then they met the journalists together.

Premier Wen attending the signing ceremony

On the afternoon of June 21, Premier Wen Jiabao also met with Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of South Africa Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, as well as major members of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.

On the evening of 21 June, President Mbeki held a grand welcoming state banquet for Premier Wen Jiabao in the Presidential Palace. On the same day, Wen also met with the staff of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa and the Consulate General in Cape Town, representatives from Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese and Chinese students, as well as members of the Chinese entrepreneurs' delegation at the China-South Africa Business Cooperation Forum.

On the morning of 22 June, Wen listened to the introduction of South African company Sasol about the coal-to-liquids technology, and met respectively with South African Vice President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and CEO of the Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Firmino Mucavele.

On the morning of 22, the first China-South Africa Business Cooperation Forum was held in Cape Town international convention center. Premier Wen Jiabao and South African Vice President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka attended the opening ceremony, and Wen delivered an important speech on the relations between China and Africa, China and South Africa and China's policies with Africa.

Premier climbing Table Mountain in the early morning	Opening ceremony of the first China-South Africa Business Cooperation Forum

After the opening ceremony of the first China-South Africa Business Cooperation Forum, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council of China left Cape Town to continue his African tour for Tanzania, South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Zuma, Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Liu Guijin, Chinese Consul General in Cape Town Shi Weiqiang and some staff of the Chinese Embassy and Consulate went to the airport to see him off.