Help build modern Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought Chinese cooperation in building Bangladesh as a modern and prosperous country, as her new government has adopted Vision-2021 for lifting
the country on a higher plane of development.
As a five-member delegation of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) led by its President Jiang Jiemin called on Hasina at the Prime Minister Office yesterday, she said China can help Bangladesh to a great extent by sharing its experience and technology in building Bangladesh as a developed country.
She also sought China's cooperation in developing the gas and power sectors and called for more Chinese investment.
Hasina said, “Bangladesh has an investment-friendly environment, cheap but skilled manpower and here capital is also kept well protected.”
The Chinese delegation highly praised the PM for the government's success in maintaining the country's inland law and order and hoped that under her leadership, Bangladesh would be able to achieve the cherished development.
As the delegation invited the PM to visit China, she said after forming the government in 1996, her first trip was to Beijing.
They hoped that the friendly relationship between the two countries would strengthen further in the days to come.
The prime minister said, “Bangladesh attaches due importance to the friendly bilateral relations with China.”
Energy Adviser Dr Tofiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Zhang Xianyi, PMO Secretary Mollah Wahiduzzaman and Press Secretary to the PM Abul Kalam Azad were present.
CNPC is the largest integrated oil and gas company in China, an economic powerhouse of the present-day world. The Petroleum Corporation has exploration and production projects in China and 26 other countries, including operations in Azerbaijan, Canada, Indonesia, Iraq, Myanmar, Oman, Peru, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
The Chinese giant also operates some older refineries and an extensive oil-and-gas- pipeline network in China. It also operates a network of 1,650 gas stations.
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