Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can draw lessons from China's development model, DRC's finance minister Athanase Matenda Kyelu has said.

Speaking Sunday during a press briefing after his return from the 42nd annual assembly of the African Development Bank (ADB), which was held from May 16 to May 18 in the Chinese city of Shanghai, the minister said there were many development models in the world and the Chinese model is one of them.

The DRC can learn from certain elements within this model, those which can be harnessed to create a development partnership, with a view to responding better to our needs, particularly with regard to improving growth and reducing poverty, the minister said, adding that China, just like all the Asian countries, has enjoyed continued economic growth.

African countries chose China to host the meeting owing to the similarities the country shared with the realities of the African continent, said Kyelu who led the DRC delegation, which also included deputy budget minister Celestin Mbuyu and DRC's Central Bank governor Jean-Claude Masangu, to the assembly.

Source: Xinhua