DHAKA, March 20, 2024 (BSS) - Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen today said his country is looking forward to further strengthening youth exchanges between China and Bangladesh in the days to come.
 
He said Beijing is keen to stimulate youth potential and inject new hope and positive energy into the future development of the Bangladesh and China and the world at large.

The envoy was addressing at an event on "Ramadan Gathering with China" at the Chinese embassy in the capital.
 
Over 150 youth representatives from the Bangladesh government, political parties, military, universities, enterprises, media houses and foreign missions took part in the event.

The Chinese ambassador conveyed his best wishes to the audience for the sacred Ramadan. 

He said that in recent years, Bangladesh has made progress in economic and social development, and the international community is optimistic about Bangladesh's development prospects. 

"This achievement is inseparable from the active role played by 45 million Bangladeshi youth, who are full of vitality and innovative spirit, and are the backbone of promoting the construction of Smart Bangladesh and Sonar Bangla," he added.
 
Ambassador Yao Wen pointed out that in the face of the complex international situation, China has steadily advanced the Chinese modernization, maintained the resilience and vitality of economic growth, and made significant contribution to the global economy.
 
China promotes the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, advocates an equal and orderly multi-polar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, he said.
 
"It is hoped that through this event, young friends from all walks of life in Bangladesh will have a better understanding of Chinese insight, Chinese input, Chinese strength and the latest development of China-Bangladesh relations, and serve as envoys to deepen China-Bangladesh traditional friendship," he said. 

Four young diplomats from the Chinese Embassy delivered presentations with abundant visual materials, shared their own observations and analyses, and had friendly and frank exchanges with the young friends of Bangladesh.

They first made an in-depth analysis of the important opportunities brought by the "Belt and Road Initiative" to Bangladesh's development and world connectivity and spoke of the bright prospects of China's economic development.
 
They elaborated on the useful reference provided by Chinese modernization for Bangladesh to explore the development path, believing that both countries are in a critical period of development and revitalization, and China-Bangladesh cooperation has great potential in the future.

Based on specific facts and data, they described the development achievements of Xinjiang's human rights cause from the aspects of political equality, economic development, cultural inheritance, religious freedom, and ethnic unity.
 
Through the presentation, they refuted the so-called "forced labor" and "genocide" and other falsehoods related to Xinjiang, and invited young Bangladeshi friends to visit Xinjiang in person to experience the beauty, harmony and development of Xinjiang.

They called on the Chinese and Bangladeshi people to deepen cultural and people-to-people exchanges and work together to push bilateral Strategic Partnership of Cooperation to a new level on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.

The second year of "Ramadan Gathering with China" is a program tailored for the youth group of Bangladesh, aiming at enhancing the friendly exchanges of the young talents from the two countries.