Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus returned home on Saturday (Mar 29) night, wrapping up his four-day official tour to China. A commercial flight of Air China carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at about 8:10 p.m. (Bangladesh standard time), local media reported.
Earlier, the flight departed Beijing Capital International Airport at 16:57 p.m. (Beijing time). Hong Lei, Chinese Assistant Minister for foreign affairs and also the Chief Protocol Officer of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, saw off Muhammad Yunus at Beijing Capital International Airport at the conclusion of his historic four-day official visit to China.
On Mar 27, Dr. Yunus spoke at Boao Forum for Asia annual conference and joined several sidelines events in Hainan.
On Mar 28, the Chief Adviser held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
He also joined three roundtable discussions on different themes – Sustainable Infrastructure and Energy Investment, Bangladesh 2.0 Manufacturing and Market Opportunities and Social Business, Youth Entrepreneurship and the World of Three Zeros – and other sidelines events.
On Mar 29, Professor Yunus received an honorary doctorate degree from Peking University (PKU). He also delivered a lecture on the occasion.
He reached China on Mar 26.
