Chinese CPC leader Liu Haixing arrives for three-day Bangladesh visit.
Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Liu Haixing arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday night on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.
During his visit, Liu is scheduled to meet President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. He will also attend a political dialogue, programmes on Bangladesh-China relations and other engagements.
He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00pm on Tuesday aboard an Emirates Airlines flight, said Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony.
BNP Standing Committee Member and Prime Minister's Public Administration Affairs Adviser Ismail Zabiullah, BNP Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury and BNP Joint Secretaries General Khairul Kabir Khokon, Syed Emran Saleh Prince, Advocate Abdus Salam Azad and Prime Minister's Protocol Officer Kamrul Islam, among others, welcomed the Chinese delegation at the airport.
Liu will begin his engagements on Wednesday at 8:20 am by paying homage at the mausoleums of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital.
He is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the Bangladesh Secretariat at 10:00 am on the same day.
The Chinese delegation accompanying Liu during the meeting will include Chinese Embassy Charge d'Affaires in Dhaka Dr Liu Yuyin, Director General of the CPC International Department's Bureau of Southeast and South Asian Affairs Peng Xiubin, Director General of its Public
Information and Communication Bureau Hu Zhaoming, Deputy Director General-level official of the Bureau of Southeast and South Asian Affairs Li Jinyan, Director of the same bureau Wang Siqi, and Deputy Division Director of the department's General Office and Minister's Assistant Liu Chengxiao.
The delegation also includes English interpreter Shi Meiqi and department officials Chen Yongpei, Zhang Guyu, Liu Hongru and He Yiyang.
Following the meeting with the Prime Minister, Liu will pay a courtesy call on the President at Bangabhaban at 11:00am. He will also visit Bangabhaban and attend a welcome luncheon hosted by the President.
From 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, the Chinese delegation leader will attend a roundtable discussion titled 'Where History Illuminates the Future: China-Bangladesh Political Parties Plus' at the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka.
He is also scheduled to attend the inauguration of the Bangladesh-China Centre for Party and State Governance Studies at the event.
Liu will visit the Bangladesh National Museum from 3:45 pm before visiting the site of the former Chinese Embassy chancery building and the current chancery in Dhaka.
In the evening, he will attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister's Political Adviser and BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel at 7pm.
On the final day of his visit on Thursday, Liu will attend a livelihood support distribution programme at Shamsul Haque Khan School and College at 8:45 am.
He will then join a breakfast meeting with Foreign Affairs State Minister Humaiun Kobir at the State Guest House Padma.
The Chinese delegation leader is scheduled to leave Dhaka at 12:50 pm on Thursday.
