Hu´s visit further enhances economic ties with Tanzania

He said the allegation is "not true," recalling the Tanzania-Zambia Railway line and the China-Tanzania Friendship Textile Mill, both built in the 1960s with Chinese aid.

Ole Naiko said he is looking forward to more Chinese investment in the form of technology, expertise and finance transfers in agriculture, tourism and infrastructure.

"Agriculture and agro-industry are important to food security," he said. "We need to produce more grain crops and cash crops such as tea, cotton and coffee."

"This kind of industry will put added-value to our export-oriented cash crops. We hope China could further assist us in such areas," he added.

Food accounts for about 55.9 percent in the basket of commodity items which are put together for the calculation of Tanzania's inflation rate through a national consumer prices index.

An 18.6-percent food inflation pushed up the country's inflation to 13.5 percent last December.

Likewise, tourism industry also needs special investment from China, Ole Naiko said, adding tourism has played an increasingly important role in Tanzania's economic growth over the past three years.