On October 1, the Chinese Consulate General in Zanzibar held a reception to celebrate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Consul General Li Qianghua, along with Haroun, Zanzibar's Minister of State in the President's Office for Constitution, Legal Affairs, Civil Services, and Good Governance, Zanzibar's Minister of Information, Youth, Culture, and Sports, and Zanzibar's Minister of Education and Vocational Training, attended the event. More than 220 people, including senior party and government officials and members of the diplomatic corps in Zanzibar, were present.

In his speech, Consul General Li Qianghua introduced the tremendous developmental achievements made by New China over the past 77 years and promoted China's Four Global Initiatives. He stated that the friendship between China and Tanzania, as well as China and Zanzibar, has deep historical roots and has yielded fruitful results in practical cooperation. He added that China is willing to work within the framework of China-Tanzania relations to push China-Zanzibar cooperation to a new level.

Haroun highly praised China's development achievements and commended China for establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization. He highly evaluated the "Belt and Road" cooperation and expressed commitment to further deepening relations between Zanzibar and China to benefit the people of both sides.

An exhibition of photos featuring China-Tanzania and China-Zanzibar cooperation outcomes was also held during the event.