BanglaPress Desk: Liu Haixing, a minister from the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, has arrived in Dhaka for a three-day visit.
He reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 11:00 PM on Tuesday (November 3) aboard an Emirates Airlines flight.
The Chinese delegation was welcomed at the airport by several prominent figures, including BNP National Standing Committee member and the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Public Administration, Ismail Zabiullah; Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, MP; Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, MP; Joint Secretary General Syed Emran Saleh Prince; Advocate Abdus Salam Azad, MP; and the Prime Minister’s Protocol Officer, Kamrul Islam.
Zahidul Islam Rony, Deputy Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, stated that during his visit, the Chinese minister is scheduled to meet with Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Tarique Rahman. Additionally, he will participate in various programs, including political dialogues and events focused on Bangladesh-China relations.
On Wednesday morning (November 4), the head of the Chinese delegation will begin his day by paying respects at the graves of the late President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka. Following this, at 10:00 AM, Liu Haixing will hold a courtesy meeting with the Prime Minister at the Secretariat; the meeting is scheduled to conclude at 10:40 AM.
Accompanying Liu Haixing for the meeting with the Prime Minister will be Dr. Liu Yuyin, Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh; Peng Xiubin, Director General of the Bureau for Southeast and South Asian Affairs under the International Department of the Communist Party of China; Hu Zhaoming, Director General of the Information and Communications Bureau; Li Jinyan, a Deputy Director General-level official from the Bureau for Southeast and South Asian Affairs; Wang Shiqi, a divisional director from the same bureau; and Liu Chengxiao, an assistant to the minister and a deputy divisional director in the General Office of the International Department. In addition, the delegation includes English interpreter Shi Meichi, as well as International Department officials Chen Yongpei, Zhang Guyu, Liu Hongru, and He Yiyang.
Following his meeting with the Prime Minister, Liu Haixing will pay a courtesy call on the President at Bangabhaban at 11:00 AM. During this visit, he will tour the Bangabhaban premises and attend a welcome luncheon hosted by the President.
On the same day, between 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM, the head of the Chinese delegation will participate in a roundtable discussion at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel InterContinental. He is also scheduled to attend the inauguration of the ‘Bangladesh-China Center for Party and State Governance Studies’ during this event.
From 3:45 PM to 4:15 PM, Liu Haixing will visit the Bangladesh National Museum. Subsequently, he will visit both the former and current chancery premises of the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka.
At 7:00 PM, the head of the Chinese delegation will attend a dinner hosted by the Prime Minister’s political advisor and BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
On Thursday, the final day of the visit, Liu Haixing will attend a livelihood support distribution ceremony at Shamsul Haque Khan School and College at 8:45 AM. Following this, he will join a breakfast meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir at the State Guest House Padma.
The head of the Chinese delegation is scheduled to depart from Dhaka at 12:50 PM tomorrow, concluding his visit.
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