President Rupiah Banda has invited China’s State Councilor Dai Bingguo to visit Zambia in the next two weeks.

 An announcement attributed to China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang  Tuesday indicate that Bingguo will pay an official visit to Zambia and four other  African nations from July 20 to 27.

The four otther countries are  Ethiopia, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic and the Congo.  Zambia. Dai says his boss was invited by presidents of the five countries.