Kunming:A five-day training programme for senior Bangladeshi government officials commenced in Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan Province.
According to United News of Bangladesh, the programme started at the Yunnan Academy of Governance and is set to conclude on October 16. It is organized by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Provincial Government and conducted by the Party School of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Fifteen officials from various government offices, including the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), are participating in the programme. The inaugural ceremony was addressed by Ma Zuoxin, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office, and Muhammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, PMO Director General (Administration), who is leading the Bangladesh delegation. Other speakers included Qi Yuanling, vice-president of the Party School, and Bangladesh's Consul General in Kunming Shahanaj Akhter Ranu.
The training covers China's modernisation, diplomatic relations, administrative management, economic development, industrialisation, modern agriculture, technology, environmental protection, and public services. Thematic discussions will focus on Yunnan Province's economic transformation and development experience.
The delegation will visit Yunnan Baiyao Group, a modern agricultural industrial park, a vocational training centre, an industrial park, an urban development project, an elderly care centre, and China Mobile's Yunnan Data Centre. The programme aims to provide participants with first-hand experience in administrative management, rural development, urbanisation, and integrated development initiatives.
Other members of the delegation include officials from the PMO, Ministry of Public Administration, and Local Government Division, along with private secretaries and assistants to the Prime Minister's advisers and military secretary.