Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming has said his country and Bangladesh are working to deepen their financial cooperation.
"China is positively considering some financial cooperation with Bangladesh in one way or another," he said while responding to a question at the programme "China's New Journey" held at a hotel in Dhaka Friday. The Ambassador said he had in-depth discussions with the finance minister of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Bank governor recently.
"During those meetings, we reached some consensus that we really should take some measures, including but not limited to currency swap arrangement and the clearance of trade with the Chinese yuan or RMB," he said.
"But before anything substantial can be achieved, we have a lot of technical issues, technical difficulties to overcome,” he added.
The ambassador said under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with "Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and with the majestic power" of the Chinese people, China has historically solved the problem of absolute poverty and built a moderately prosperous society in all respects.
"I believe these stories will encourage the people of Bangladesh who are moving forward on the road of building the Sonar Bangla," he said.
The Chinese people have embarked on a new journey to build a prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally-advanced, harmonious and beautiful modern China, Ambassador Li said.
"Countless new stories are being written. But what we are willing to share with the world are not only these stories, but also the fruits of our harvest," the Chinese envoy added.
He hoped that through joint efforts, the development of China would be closely linked with that of Bangladesh.
"The two countries could share a brighter future. I hope that we can continue holding hands in the future and write a new chapter of the China-Bangladesh friendship story," Li Jiming said.
China Media Group hosted the event with technical support from Apon Nibash Service Company.
An Xiao Yu, a delegate of the 20th National Congress and the Director General of China Media Group's Asia and African Language Center, spoke at the programme virtually from Beijing.
He said, "The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held recently where the overall goals of China's further development were determined. A new journey to build China as a modern socialist country was unveiled.”
“China's new journey means China's new development. China's new development brings a new opportunity for the world too. Modernization of Chinese characteristics is the modernization of a large population, the common prosperity of all people, the harmony between material civilization and spiritual civilization, the coexistence of people and nature, and peaceful development,” Xiao Yu said.
'China's New Journey' was highlighted at the event through video documentaries that feature several stories.
Yu Li Wen, Cultural Counselor of Chinese Embassy, said China has strong cultural cooperation with Bangladesh though the two countries have still many things to do in the field.
Yu Guang Yue Anandi, Director of China Media Group’s Bengali Department, and other newsmen from the Bengali Department in Beijing joined the programme virtually.
Recollecting her life in Dhaka -- first as a student of Dhaka University and later as the chief CMG’s Bengali Department, Anandi spoke very high of Bangladesh and expressed her wish to make a documentary titled “Dhaka, My Second Birthplace”.
“I spent a very important part of my life in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is my country too. My golden Bengal,” she said.
Anandi said that as the head of CMG’s Bengali Department, she wants and is working to build a bridge between the peoples and media of China and Bangladesh that, she thinks, will facilitate better understanding and stronger relations between the two countries.
Ke Changliang, President of Chinese Enterprise Association in Bangladesh, Cai Chunlei, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, Liu Chun Tao, Dhaka Bureau Chief of Xinhua news agency, Chen Qihua, Secretary General of Overseas Chinese Association in Bangladesh, and Zhang Qing Bin, President of the Youth Committee of the Overseas Chinese Association in Bangladesh, among others, were also present at the event.
