Jean Ping, a Legendary Figure In Sino-African Contacts

Jean Ping completed his term of office as Chairman of the Commission of the African Union in2012,and,this year,made his sixth visit to China at the invitation of the CPAFFC to receive its honorary title of Friendship Ambassador.He was born in Gabon in 1942.His father,Cheng Zhiping,was a wellknown local timber merchant from Wenzhou,Zhejiang Province who emigrated to Gabon in the 1930s。