Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left for the Republic of China on a five-day visit, where he is expected to further bilateral ties between Zimbabwe and the Chinese government.
Mnangagwa is scheduled to meet the Chinese Vice President, Mr Li Yuanchao and officials from the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
He is set to sign various memoranda of understandings with the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government.
The Vice President will also hold bilateral meetings with leaders of Qingdao Municipal CPC Committee and municipal government.
Mnangagwa who has been invited by the Chinese Communist Party and is in charge of the economic sectors, will meet several businesspeople who want to invest in Zimbabwe.
Last year in August, Mugabe visited China where a number of deals were struck and are still to be implemented. Chinese President Xi Jinping is also expected to visit Zimbabwe sometime.
Government sources said the Chinese pinned Mugabe down on policy inconsistences and the succession issue during his August trip to that country seeking an economic bailout. Since his appointment, Mnangagwa has voiced his concern on the need to create investor-friendly policies.