Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, known for its diverse wildlife and national parks.
乌干达是东非的一个内陆国家，以其多样的野生动物和国家公园而闻名。
The capital of
Uganda is Kampala, a bustling city with a rich cultural heritage.
乌干达的首都是坎帕拉，这是一个充满活力、拥有丰富文化遗产的城市。
The Nile River, one of the world's longest, originates from Lake Victoria in
Uganda.
尼罗河，世界上最长的河流之一，发源于乌干达的维多利亚湖。
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in
Uganda is home to almost half of the world's remaining mountain gorillas.
乌干达的布温迪难以穿越国家公园是世界上现存大约一半山地大猩猩的家园。
Ugandan cuisine features dishes like matooke, a popular dish made from mashed green bananas.
乌干达的美食中有马托克，这是一种由绿色香蕉泥制成的流行菜肴。
English is an official language in
Uganda, along with Luganda and other local languages.
英语和卢干达语以及其它当地语言都是乌干达的官方语言。
The Acholi people of northern
Uganda have a unique traditional dance called "Larakaraka.
乌干达北部的阿乔利人有一种独特的传统舞蹈叫做“拉卡拉卡”。
The equator passes through
Uganda, making it a country with a tropical climate.
赤道穿过乌干达，使它成为一个热带气候的国家。
Uganda has a vibrant music scene, with genres like "Buganda Royal Music" and contemporary Afropop.
乌干达有着活跃的音乐场景，包括“布干达皇家音乐”和当代的非洲流行音乐。
Efforts are being made to improve education in
Uganda, with a focus on increasing access to primary schools.
乌干达正在努力改善教育，重点是增加小学生入学的机会。
In 2022, the output from a field of BGI's perennial rice was more than 500 kg per mu (0.067 hectares) during the first harvest of the year in Masaka City, near Lake Victoria in Uganda.
2022年，在乌干达维多利亚湖附近的马萨卡市，华大基因的一块多年生水稻在今年的第一次收获中的产量超过了500公斤/亩（0.067公顷）。
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country's largest offshore oil and gas producer by sales revenue, will assist its partners in Uganda to construct two central processing plants and 35 well pads in the Lake Albert area by 2025, said business executives.
企业高管表示，按销售收入计算，中国海洋石油总公司是该国最大的海上油气生产商，将协助其在乌干达的合作伙伴到2025年在阿尔伯特湖地区建造两个中央处理厂和35个井场。
Discovered in Uganda's western region in 2006, the oil field covers an area of 1,518 square kilometers and has proven geological reserves of over 6 billion barrels.
该油田于2006年在乌干达西部地区发现，面积1518平方公里，已探明地质储量超过60亿桶。
The project will also include the construction of a 1,443-kilometer oil pipeline, the first of its kind to connect Uganda and Tanzania in East Africa, which will ensure the export of crude oil.
该项目还将包括修建一条1443公里长的输油管道，这是连接东非乌干达和坦桑尼亚的第一条此类管道，将确保原油出口。
Chen Zhuobiao, CNOOC's president for Uganda business, said that over the past decade, through unremitting efforts, CNOOC has proven itself to be a trustworthy partner in support of Uganda's oil industry with mature and advanced technologies from China.
中国海洋石油总公司乌干达业务总裁陈卓标表示，在过去的十年里，经过不懈努力，中国海洋石油公司用中国成熟先进的技术证明了自己是支持乌干达石油工业的值得信赖的合作伙伴。
Since then, as Uganda and its neighbor Tanzania reached consensus and agreement on a series of issues including crude oil pipelines, Uganda's journey to capitalize on the sector entered a "fast track".
自那以后，随着乌干达及其邻国坦桑尼亚在包括原油管道在内的一系列问题上达成共识和协议，乌干达利用该行业的旅程进入了“快车道”。
During construction and after the oil field is put into operation in the coming years, Chen said that more than 20,000 jobs will be created in Uganda, which is helpful in accelerating the training of local oil and gas personnel and the improvement of professional domestic skills.
陈说，在未来几年的建设和油田投产后，乌干达将创造2万多个就业机会，这有助于加快当地油气人员的培训和国内专业技能的提高。
With the continuous expansion of Chinese oil companies' business in Uganda, Gong Zhiwu, head of the Sunmaker Oil and Gas Training Institute, funded by CNOOC in Uganda, said that demand for local employees will increase significantly.
随着中国石油公司在乌干达业务的不断扩大，中海油在乌干达资助的Sunmaker油气培训学院院长龚志武表示，对当地员工的需求将大幅增加。
Based on the skills and human resource development systems built in China's domestic petroleum and petrochemical industry, the training institute has successfully adopted vocational skills training, assessment and certification systems for local employees in Uganda to resolve relevant issues.
基于中国国内石油石化行业建立的技能和人力资源开发体系，该培训机构成功地为乌干达当地员工采用了职业技能培训、评估和认证制度，以解决相关问题。
As a result of the deepening cooperation between China and Africa, the oil field project is of great significance in promoting the development of the Belt and Road Initiative and international energy cooperation, said Ju Wenjie, deputy general manager of the Uganda branch of China Communications Construction Co Ltd, another infrastructure service provider for the Lake Albert project in Uganda.
乌干达阿尔伯特湖项目的另一家基础设施服务提供商中国交通建设股份有限公司乌干达分公司副总经理菊文杰表示，由于中非合作不断深化，该油田项目对推动“一带一路”倡议建设和国际能源合作具有重要意义。
Construction and operation of the oil field will bring new development opportunities to Uganda, a country that relies on traditional agriculture and livestock as its main economic source, and will make it an important crude oil producer in East Africa, he added.
他补充道，油田的建设和运营将为乌干达带来新的发展机遇，乌干达是一个以传统农业和畜牧业为主要经济来源的国家，并将使其成为东非重要的原油生产国。
As one of the largest Chinese companies with the most investment in Uganda, CNOOC also fulfilled its social responsibility to support local economic and social development, while conducting construction of the country's oil field project.
作为在乌干达投资最多的中国最大公司之一，中海油在进行该国油田项目建设的同时，也履行了支持当地经济社会发展的社会责任。
It helped build roads, set up scholarships and plant trees to improve local livelihoods, education and the environment in Uganda's western region.
它帮助修建道路、设立奖学金和植树，以改善乌干达西部地区的当地生计、教育和环境。
CNOOC Uganda Ltd, an oil and gas subsidiary of CNOOC, announced on Feb 1 that its final investment decision on the development of the Kingfisher Development Area, which will produce 40,000 barrels of oil per day during peak production, is expected to pave the way for commercialization of the oil and gas resources in the country in a sustainable manner.
2月1日，中海油的石油和天然气子公司中海油乌干达有限公司宣布，其关于翠鸟开发区开发的最终投资决定预计将为该国石油和天然天然气资源的可持续商业化铺平道路。
"Those asking us to ensure that the SGR goes past Naivasha to Kampala in Uganda should rest assured since as the Chinese government, our plan is to expand infrastructure across the whole of Africa through the Belt and Road Initiative, so I believe the SGR will definitely go past Kampala sooner or later," Wu said.
Sally Hayden, from Uganda, is also enjoying access to clean energy.
It is also in active cooperation with several BRI economies including Myanmar, Mozambique and Uganda.
It has helped renovate local churches, schools, roads and bridges while setting up a hydropower plant in Karuma, Uganda.
The project is expected to add 4 billion kilowatt-hours of power every year in Uganda and bring in about $200 million in revenue for the government.
Founded in 1999, Java House now operates 57 chain coffee shops in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
Guangdong Shineng Electric Equipment Group Ltd has invested in power plants and power equipment factories in Uganda in the past eight years, with its products accounting for 80 percent of the local retail market.
An industrial park was also opened in Uganda in August.
The company will look to tap rural and remote areas in Africa, including Uganda and Tanzania, to provide alternative lighting and energy sources for the off-grid population, Zhang Zhengao, president of China Poly Group, said during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing.
Bridging over a swamp fully covered with green weeds, the 1,450-meter-long Nambigirwa bridge in southern Uganda is one of the longest bridges in East Africa.
横跨满布绿色水草的沼泽地带，位于乌干达南部的纳姆比吉尔瓦大桥全长1450米，是东非地区最长的大桥之一。
On the other hand, the traffic volume in Uganda has been increasing over the years and roads that were made for the traffic of the 1970s can no longer accommodate the traffic of today, he said.
Designed and built with Chinese standard specifications, the expressway brings in experience and technology for future road projects in Uganda, said Li Jincheng, project manager.
The road, which meets the need of Uganda, is an example of China-Uganda and China-Africa infrastructure cooperation, said Zheng Zhuqiang, Chinese ambassador to Uganda, adding that the two countries have great potential for infrastructure cooperation.
Equity Bank is one of the largest regional banks in East Africa with presence in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Rwanda.
About 10 years ago, the farm's officials visited countries including Namibia, Uganda, Cambodia and Myanmar to seek potential investment opportunities, said Zhai.
The Government of Uganda has endorsed a Chinese firm, Xinlan Group in establishing a smartphones factory in Uganda.
Bemanya Twebaze, the chief executive officer Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) said on Tuesday, a delegation from Xinlan Group is expected in Uganda next month to officially ink the $10 million deal.
The development comes a few weeks after President Museveni directed managers of Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), a government telecommunication company to expeditiously finalize talks and ensure that a smart phone factory is quickly established in Uganda.
The plan to establish a cell phone factory in Uganda was hatched in July, 2017 when a government delegation that visited China asked Chinese authorities to give Uganda a comprehensive cyber-security solution, including technical capacity to monitor and curb increasing social media misuse.
Li Yu, business manager of Sunmaker Energy (Uganda) Ltd, told Xinhua in a recent interview that there are vast opportunities in the sector, including personnel training and provision of human resource services.
"Uganda is in strong need of technologies and experienced people to this (oil production).
Jerry Bo Ma, general manager at Sunmaker Energy (Uganda) Ltd, told Xinhua that after qualification, the students will be given internationally recognized certificates that will enable them to work in the oil industry.
The students will be skilled in welding, drilling, scaffolding, plumbing, driving, carpentry and masonry in a country where the government targets 2020 as the year when Uganda will begin oil and gas production.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, while meeting the Sunmaker Uganda Ltd founding partners last month, promised that the government would offer them land near the oil wells in the western part of the country for the second phase of the training facility.
Ma expressed hope that in future Sunmaker Energy will serve as a bridge that furthers the cooperation between Uganda and China in the oil sector.
Uganda has so far discovered over 1.5 billion barrels of commercially viable oil.
Some of the oil will be refined in the oil fields while the crude will be transported to the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga, according to Uganda government plans.
Last month, Uganda and Tanzania launched the construction of the crude oil pipeline that will carry 216,000 barrels of oil for export per day.
Initially I used to get my clothes from Uganda where most sellers buy from.
These include rail construction in East Africa countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan.
COOEC currently has several projects under construction and it has bid for a project in Uganda to build an engineering site－an attempt to make inroads into the African market.
Of the seven economic and trade cooperation zones Guangdong has established overseas, two are in Nigeria, one in Uganda and one in Ethiopia.
- A mutual recognition agreement of authorized economic operator (AEO) status signed between China and Uganda went into effect on Thursday, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).
The agreement, the first of its kind to take effect between China and an African country, will create a more favorable environment for the high-quality development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation between China and Uganda, the GAC said.
Chinese companies will be able to export goods including mechanical and electrical products as well as clothing and footwear to Uganda more conveniently and efficiently, while Chinese consumers will enjoy more high-quality sesame, cotton, leather, coffee and other goods from Uganda.
Speaking at the public unveiling of the Special Preferential Tariff Treatment of Ugandan Exports to China, Zhang Lizhong, Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, said the expansion follows commitments made by China at the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation held in Senegal last year.
The minister urged China to increase science and technology transfer to Uganda.
Uganda is among the 10 least-developed countries that China is granting zero-tariff treatment to 98 percent of taxable items, according to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council.
According to Uganda's ministry of trade, industries and cooperative, China in 2013 increased the zero tariff line to 95 percent from 60 percent in 2010.
China will grant zero-tariff treatment on 98 percent of currently taxable products from 10 less-developed countries starting on Dec 1, 8,786 items in totalThe 10 countries are Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council, China's Cabinet, said in an announcement issued on Wednesday.
China is projected to be among the fastest-growing economies until at least 2030, with an annual growth rate at about 5.82 percent, following Uganda, Cambodia and Tanzania, according to a report by the Growth Lab at Harvard University released this July.
In addition to Guinea, CRCC18 also delivered a two-lane road to a client in Uganda late last month.
With a designed top speed of 90 km per hour, the 104-km Musita-Lumino-Busia-Majanji road, linking the eastern part of the country to the border district of Busia in Kenya, will shorten travel time from Busia to Jinja from the original five hours to two hours, effectively alleviating the material transportation problem in eastern Uganda, according to the country's Ministry of Works and Transport.
Since Africa's first Luban Workshop was launched in Djibouti in March 2019, a number of African countries such as Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda have launched world-class Luban Workshops with the aim of providing quality vocational training to local people, youth in particular.
自2019年3月非洲首个鲁班工坊在吉布提启动以来，包括尼日利亚、肯尼亚和乌干达在内的一些非洲国家已相继开设了世界级鲁班工坊，旨在为当地民众，尤其是青年群体，提供高质量的职业技能培训。
Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, Uganda's minister of agriculture, said he strongly believes that by working with China through joint venture businesses, investment arrangements and win-win cooperation, the majority of African countries can quickly eradicate poverty.
"On the wider front, Uganda has already put in place favorable investment policies that have attracted the interest of Chinese companies," the minister said.
"Yang Tao, CEO of Kilimall, a Chinese e-commerce company currently operating in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, which will showcase its online platform during the expo, said the relative lack of transportation infrastructure had made it difficult to make purchases in Africa.
China consumed 1.9 million metric tons of tea worth 235 billion yuan ($33.8 billion) in 2017, with imports of around 30 million kg worth around $150 million coming mainly from Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda and Vietnam, industry data showed.
A Chinese-invested phosphate fertilizer plant, which is believed to be the first such plant in East Africa and marks the first phase of a 2.8 billion yuan ($410 million) industrial park in Uganda, is scheduled to start operations on Oct 23.
The plant will use poly metallic mineral resources in Sukulu, Uganda, and have an installed capacity to produce 100,000 metric tons of fertilizer every year, said Lyu Weidong, chairman of Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Co, the main investor of the China (Guangdong)-Uganda International Industrial Cooperation Park.
The park is listed as a key project of the Uganda Vision 2040 program, he said.
"The project is ideally placed to capitalize on the rich mineral resources in Uganda and is adjacent to a number of neighboring countries, said Liu Jisen, executive dean of the Institute for African Studies of the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
For instance, Chinese businesses such as Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp have helped countries like Pakistan, Egypt, Uganda, Mozambique, Guyana, Kenya and Laos to build internet-connected classrooms, national broadband, e-government networks and e-commerce platforms.
A total of 140 D90 SUVs from Maxus, a brand owned by Chinese carmaker SAIC Motor, are transporting delegates at the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, an international organization dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of developing countries, and the third South Summit, the supreme decision-making body of the Group of 77, that run from Monday to Saturday in Kampala, Uganda.
Maxus said the vehicles provided for the summits are Australian spec, considering Uganda's climatic and geographical features.
KAMPALA－Eight months after it started production in Uganda, Engo Holding Ltd, a Chinese electronics firm, is making waves across Africa.
The company said it has plans to create 500 jobs in Uganda by 2021.
Evelyn Anite, Uganda's minister of state for investment, told Xinhua in a recent interview that the firm was not only contributing to the economic growth and development of the country but it was also helping build local capacity by transferring information and communications technology knowledge and skills.
Uganda's ministry of health said such an innovation is a big boost in the fight against the pandemic.
Greechain said that it plans to open more than 50 Mi Home shops across other African countries such as Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Ghana and Nigeria.
In countries such as Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, the number of residents with mobile payment accounts has far outnumbered those with traditional bank accounts," Xing added.
MEFMI is a regional owned Institute with 14 member countries: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Uganda's Foreign Minister Haji Abubaker Jeje Odongo also affirmed the government's steadfast support for the one-China principle and China's efforts for national reunification on Monday.
"The bank, he said, has launched services to freely exchange the shilling (local currency) for Chinese currency notes in Kenya and Uganda.
Starting from Dec 1, China will waive all tariffs on 98 percent of the related imports from Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, according to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council.