PM flies to China Monday

Secretariat Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave Dhaka for Dalian in China on a five-day official visit to China at the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on Monday.

During the visit, she will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dalian and hold bilateral talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

The three-day “WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019”, also known as WEF Summer Davos, begins in Chinese city of Dalian Monday.

The theme of the meeting is “Leadership 4.0 –Succeeding in a New Era of Globalization”.

At the tip of Liaodong Peninsular, Dalian is a trading and financial center in northeastern Asia and has gained the name the ‘Hong Kong of Northern China’.

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ special flight (BG1720) carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Dalian on Friday afternoon.

The flight is scheduled to land at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport, Dalian, Liaoning Province, at 12:25 am (local time) on July 2.

After the reception at the airport, a ceremonial motorcade will escort the premier to Shangri-La Hotel, where she will be staying during the visit to Dalian. _BSS

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