The Chinese Embassy in Luanda has announced that the Chinese government will give Angolans 200 places in short training courses this year and charge them nothing, Angop reports.

The Angolan news agency quotes the announcement as saying the trainees will receive instruction useful in the fields of agriculture, infrastructure, finance, health, logistics, mining, media, tourism, trade and investment.

The report says each course will last between 20 and 30 days and be held in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha or Nanjing.

The Chinese government will pay for the transport, board and lodging of the trainees, Angop says.