Hainan [China], March 26 (ANI): Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus arrived in China's Hainan on Wednesday at 4:15 pm (Bangladesh Standard time). Bangladesh's Ambassador to China, Md Nazmul Islamabad, and Hainan province's Vice Governor received Yunus at Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport in Hainan.

In a post on X, Yunus stated, 'Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus arrived in Hainan, China at 4:15 pm Bangladesh Standard Time on Wednesday. Md. Nazmul Islam, Bangladesh Ambassador China,and Vice Governor of Hainan Province received him at Qionghai Bo'ao International Airport, Hainan.'

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Earlier on Wednesday, Muhammad Yunus departed for China for a four-day visit. During the visit, Yunus will hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 28, Bangladesh Foreign Ministry officials said. The officials said the two nations would sign a few deals during Yunus' visit to China.

Earlier this month, the Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka, Yao Wen, met Muhammad Yunus. Yao Wen said the upcoming official visit of the Chief Adviser to China would be the most important one in the 50-year-long relationship between the two 'trustworthy' and close friends.

Yunus will deliver a speech on Asia in a Changing World: Towards a Shared Future. The Chinese executive vice premier will also join him during the session. During the visit, Yunus would join and speak at the Boao Forum, considered the Davos of the East, where top leaders and CEOs gather every year to discuss top global issues, the statement said.

The ambassador said Peking University, one of the world's top educational institutions, would confer an honorary doctorate to Professor Yunus during the visit. The Chief Adviser would also speak at the university, it added.

Yao Wen said that Longi, the solar panel manufacturer, has decided to set up an office and invest in solar panel manufacturing in Bangladesh. He said several top Chinese solar panel manufacturers visited Bangladesh in December to explore opportunities to invest in the country.

They made the visit after Muhammad Yunus extended an invitation to Chinese companies to relocate their manufacturing plants here as part of the Interim Government's plan to turn the country into an economic hub. (ANI)