On October 30, 2014, President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to Acting President Guy Scott of Zambia over the death of President Michael Chilufya Sata of Zambia. Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Chinese government and people and in his own name, extended deep condolences over the death of President Michael Chilufya Sata and sincere sympathies to the bereaved families.
Xi Jinping expressed in his message that before his death, President Michael Chilufya Sata attached importance to developing China-Zambia friendly cooperative relations. During his tenure as the President of Zambia, China-Zambia friendship and cooperation had been further consolidated and developed.
Xi Jinping said that China highly values the development of China-Zambia relations, and believes that under the joint efforts of the two governments and peoples, China-Zambia relations and the traditional friendship between the two peoples will certainly and constantly achieve new progress.