Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona attended “2021 China Rural Revitalization International Summit Forum” in Xingyi City, Qianxinan, Guizhou Province on 30 May 2021. The forum was organized by the China Council for the Promotion of National Trade (CCPNT), together with hundreds of social organizations across the country. The theme of this forum was “China’s national rural revitalization strategy”.
Ambassador Dr. Kohona addressed the gathering and praised the leadership of the Communist Party of China and its achievement in rural revitalization and the elimination of extreme poverty. Further, he highlighted the long-standing and warm bilateral relationship of mutual support and understanding between China and Sri Lanka.
Later, Ambassador Dr. Kohona and other foreign envoys were accompanied by Deputy Chairman of CCPNT Gao Fu and Minister of the Department of Publicity & the United Front Work Department of China Luo Chunhong to the demonstration sites on poverty alleviation and cultural and tourism projects in Guizhou Province.
During this visit, discussions were centered on strategies for comprehensive rural revitalization. Views on the forward-looking and guiding nature of rural revitalization strategies in the new era were also exchanged.
More than 500 Chinese and foreign guests, including leaders from China’s Ministries and Commissions, foreign diplomatic envoys, China’s Local Government leaders, heads of research institutions of agriculture and social science sector, Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs, representatives from media institutes participated in the forum.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Beijing
21 June, 2021
