Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming has said China will show highest respect to the greatest Bengali of all times Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his birth centenary this year that coincides the celebration
of 45th anniversary of Dhaka-Beijing diplomatic ties, reports BSS. “The whole Bangladesh will celebrate the year as ‘Mujib Barsha’, and the Chinese Embassy will also implement initiatives to celebrate this significant event with our Bangladeshi friends to show Chinese people’s highest considerations and respect toward this great man,” he said.
Li was addressing the opening ceremony of ‘Happy Chinese New Year Gala 2020, the 45th Anniversary of China-Bangladesh Friendship and Mujib Year’ at the National Theatre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city last evening. The envoy said the Chinese side is ready to join hands with the Bangladesh government and people, taking the 45th anniversary as a great opportunity, to enhance the synergy between development strategies and jointly promote Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Over the past 45 years based-on the principles of mutual respect and benefit, he said the China- Bangladesh relationship has withstood the test of time and changes of international situation, and maintains the momentum of robustgrowth. “China-Bangladesh relationshipis now at its best time ever in history,” he observed.
Last year, Li said Beijing remained Dhaka’s largest trading partner while various bilateral cooperation projects have been launched with an increasing rise of direct Chinese investment in Bangladesh. Besides, he said China-Bangladesh people-to-people and cultural exchanges underwent significant development in 2019 as over 37,000 Bangladesh tourists travelled to China and more than 5000 Bangladeshi students studied in China.
In 2020, the Ambassador said his country is looking forward embark on a new journey and take China- Bangladesh strategic cooperative partnership to the new heights through increasing mutual understanding, sharing of respective governance and building stronger China-Bangladesh community
