Marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt & Road Initiative

Friday, September 8, 2023

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), an exclusive trade exhibition has been inaugurated today (8 September) at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center at Purbachal.
With the mission to foster China-Bangladesh economic and trade cooperation, the exhibition is being organised by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh, in collaboration with the Bangladesh China Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCCI) and the Chinese Enterprises Association in Bangladesh (CEAB).
The three-day premium exhibition is being participated by 15 Chinese companies whose South Asian regional headquarters are in Bangladesh, nearly 20 other large Chinese companies that are deeply operating in the Bangladesh market, and several large Bangladeshi companies and banks.

On Friday, Mr. Lokman Hossain Miah, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Prime Minister’s Office, joined the inauguration ceremony as the chief guest while Mr. Gazi Golam Murtoza, President of BCCCI joined as the guest of honor.
AHM Ahsan, Vice Chairman & CEO of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB); Md Anwar Hossain, Additional Secretary and Wing Chief of Economic Relations Divsion (ERD), Minisry of Finance; Ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad, Chairman of Association of Bangladesh-China Alumni (ABCA) and Ke Changliang, President of CEAB, joined the inaugural event as also the guests of honor.
The keynote speaker of the event was Yan Hualong, Counsellor, Chargé d’affaires of Embassy of China in Bangladesh.