Staff Reporter:
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home tonight, 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 8:10pm (Bangladesh standard time).
Earlier, the flight departed Beijing Capital International Airport at 16:57pm local time (Beijing time).
Hong Lei, Chinese Assistant Minister for foreign affairs and also the Chief Protocol Officer of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, saw off Chief Adviser Prof Yunus at Beijing Capital International Airport at the conclusion of his historic four-day official visit to China.
On 27 March, Prof Yunus spoke at the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference and joined several sidelines events in Hainan.
On 28 March, 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 29 March, Prof Yunus received an honorary doctorate degree from Peking University (PKU). He also delivered a lecture on the occasion.
He reached China on 26 March.
