Zhou Fuming, director general of Suzhou Mike Textile, who has set up a textile and dyeing company in Ethiopia, said that he learned more about Western Africa, the population, the resource and demand so that he would be able to bring Chinese resources to Africa and the Africans' to China

Some of China's practices are also worth learning, such as how it trains its officials

"I told him that we had just started here and we should at least spend five years in the city before judging whether we should move to another place," Cho said

To see that happening and to be a part of it in my own little way is very special

Meetings are planned for the delegation with Chinese government officials, industry partners and Branstad in Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an, Shaanxi province