<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said Bangladesh would become another China in terms of economic development due to the strong leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I can see Bangladesh will become another China, may be better, since it has strong leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina," he said</div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ambassador said as per the forecast, the GDP growth of Bangladesh will overtake the China next year and Beijing very much appreciate Dhaka's such success.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are encouraged to see Bangladesh's development," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yao was speaking at the pre-departure reception on Sunday evening at the Chinese Embassy here in honour of the Bangladeshi participants attending Chinese government training programmes of 2023.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The envoy said Bangladesh is already a model for many countries in the world in terms of development.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Our (Bangladesh and China) final objective is common- development," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yao said that the participants of the first batch of the training are very lucky as such visits have resumed after three years of Covid-19 related restrictions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ambassador said this programme will help the participants study China in a better way as the two countries eye strengthening bilateral relations on all aspects.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy Song Yang coordinated the programme. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>