Kathmandu, Nov 14: The schedule has been finalised for an 11-day visit to China by Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leaders at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC).
The delegation will leave for China on November 15, arriving in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The visit will begin in Sichuan and conclude in Beijing.
On November 16, the team will visit the High-Tech Enterprises and Industrial Park in Sichuan and hold an exchange of views with CPC Party School officials. RSP General Secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya, who is leading the delegation, will represent the party in the discussions.
On November 17, the delegation will visit Wenchuan to study post-earthquake reconstruction. The area was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in 2008, which killed more than 87,000 people.
On November 18, the team will visit the research-based Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu and attend an interaction on disaster response management at Sichuan University.
The delegation will fly to Zhejiang Province on November 19. The following day, it will visit facilities involved in robotics technology and an industrial park.
On November 21, the team will travel by high-speed train to visit the Yiwu International Trade Centre. It will also study rural governance and grassroots party building.
On November 22, the delegation will visit Zhejiang University to learn about think-tank development.
A China-Nepal Enterprises Matchmaking Conference will be held in Jinhua on November 23, with business representatives participating. Acharya will deliver remarks on behalf of the RSP delegation.
The team will fly to Beijing on November 24 for meetings with senior CPC leaders. The schedule also includes discussions with CPC experts and a visit to the party’s historical museum.
The delegation is scheduled to return to Nepal on November 26, completing its 11-day visit.
The delegation, led by Acharya, includes Joint General Secretary Hari Dhakal, Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader Ganesh Parajuli, Chief Whip Kavindra Burlakoti and 18 lawmakers: Lima Adhikari, Samiksha Baskota, Sagar Dhakal, Dr Anand Bahadur Chand, Sushant Vaidik, Rima Bishwakarma, Dr Dhananjay Regmi, Shriram Neupane, Dr Ram Lama, Gazala Shamim Mikrani, Poonam Agrawal, Ratna Thapa, Dr Sujata Tamang, Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary, Aravind Shah and Ramesh Sapkota.
The delegation also met Prime Minister Balen Shah on Friday.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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