A special programme was held at a hotel in the capital on Friday evening on the success of the recently held 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the progress of People’s Republic of China.
Li Jiming, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, spoke as the chief guest at the event. An Xiao Yu, a delegate of the 20th National Congress and the Director General of China Media Group's Asia and African Languages Department, spoke at the programme virtually from Beijing.
The Chinese ambassador said his country is willing to cement cooperation, particularly financial and cultural cooperation, with Bangladesh.
"China is positively considering some financial cooperation with Bangladesh in one way or another," he said.
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.
In his speech, An Xiao Yu 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 vivid stories. These stories reveal the 'password' for China's vigorous development and portray the continuous march of the Chinese people on the path of modernization of Chinese characteristics. The documentaries convey the global significance of China's new journey to the Bangladeshi audience.
Yu Li Wen, Cultural Counselor of Chinese Embassy, 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.
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 from Beijing.
China Media Group hosted the event with technical support from Apon Nibash Service Company
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.
Cultural Counselor Yu Li Wen said China has strong cultural cooperation with Bangladesh though the two countries have still many things to do in the field.
The celebration of the attainment of the 10-million-follower milestone of CRI Bangla, the Facebook page of Bengali Department of China Media Group, the state media conglomerate of China, was another objective of the event.
Speakers at the programme said the exchange of information and culture between China and Bangladesh is getting stronger through the information and writing of the Bengali Department of the China Media Group. The exchange is contributing to cementing the relations between the peoples of the two countries.
CMG newsmen advised Bangladeshi journalists to get or crosscheck China-related information from the CMG Bengali Department without depending on western media.
China Focus, China Hour, the Great Wall Show, China Bulletin, Jana Ojana and Sabuj Prithibi are some of the TV programs CMG Bangla is airing in collaboration with various TV channels in Bangladesh. Promos of the TV programs were shown at the event.
Media personalities from different media outlets of Bangladesh also joined the programme.
Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming, Cultural Counselor Yu Li Wen, Chinese Enterprise Association in Bangladesh President Ke Changliang, and Xinhua News Agency Dhaka Bureau Chief Liu Chun Tao answered various questions from journalists at the event.
