Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will be the Chief Guest at China’s premier annual international conference in Boao in Hainan at the invitation of the Chinese Government.
The Boao Conference theme will be, ‘Asia and the World: Common Challenges, Shared Responsibilities’. It will be attended by several Heads of State and foreign delegates.
Prime Minister Gunawardena is scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang and senior Ministers as well as office-bearers of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) to discuss issues pertaining to bilateral relations and development cooperation.
In Beijing, PM Gunawardena will first meet Prime Minister Li Qiang and Chairman of the National People’s Congress of the CPC, Zhao Leiji, the third highest ranking Official in the CPC system after the President and the Prime Minister for detailed discussions on ways and means of enhancing relations.
He is also scheduled to visit China Harbour Headquarters, Huawei, Zhongguancun Environmental Protection Park, National Satellite Meteorological Centre in Beijing and Academy of Tropical Sciences in Hainan. In Shanghai, he will visit Alipay, CTripp, Dilmah Tea and Universal Energy in addition to meetings with Shanghai officials.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena arrived in Beijing, China yesterday (25). He was welcomed by Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong and senior officials and Acting Ambassador K. K. Yoganandan.
He was accompanied by State Ministers Shehan Semasinghe and Ashoka Priyantha, MP Yadamini Gunawardena, Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong, Prime Minister’s Secretary Anura Dissanayake and senior officials.
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