CPC’s Minister Liu Haixing Arrives in Dhaka for Three-Day Visit
Liu Haixing, Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has arrived in Dhaka on a three-day visit.
He reached the capital at around 11pm on Tuesday (November 3). During the visit, he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and the President. He is also expected to take part in various political and diplomatic programmes.
On the second day of his visit, Wednesday (November 4), Liu Haixing is scheduled to visit the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the morning. He will then meet Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at 10am.
Members of the Chinese delegation attending the meeting with the Prime Minister will include Dr Liu Yuyin, Chargé d’Affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh; Peng Xiubin, Director-General of the Bureau of South and Southeast Asian Affairs of the CPC International Department; Hu Zhaoming, Director-General of the Bureau of Public Information and Communication; Li Jinyan, a deputy director-general-level official of the same bureau; Wang Sichi, a department director; and Liu Chengxiao, Deputy Division Director of the General Office of the International Department and assistant to the minister.
He is scheduled to meet President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at 11am. Later, from 2pm to 3:30pm, he will attend a roundtable discussion at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka.
The Bangladesh-China Centre for Party and State Governance Studies will be inaugurated at the event.
On Wednesday afternoon, Liu Haixing is scheduled to visit the National Museum and the former and current buildings of the Chinese Embassy in Dhaka. In the evening, senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi will host a dinner in his honour.
On Thursday (November 5) morning, the Chinese Communist Party minister will attend an event at Shamsul Haque Khan School and College, where he will take part in a livelihood support programme.
He will later hold a breakfast meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir.
Liu Haixing is scheduled to leave Dhaka at 12:50pm on Thursday, concluding his three-day visit.
