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Tuesday | October 13, 2026 | Dhaka

15 Bangladeshi officials begin 5-day training prog in China

 Staff Reporter
 Published: 12:01 AM, 13 October 2026

A delegation of 15 Bangladeshi government officials began a five-day training programme in Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan Province, on Monday to study governance, economic development and public administration.

The programme opened in the morning at the Yunnan Academy of Governance and is scheduled to conclude on October 16.

Organised by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Provincial Government, the training is being conducted by the Party School of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, also known as the Yunnan Academy of Governance.

Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Provincial Government Ma Zuoxin and Director General (Administration) of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Muhammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, who is leading the Bangladeshi delegation, addressed the inaugural ceremony.

Qi Yuanling, vice-president of the Party School of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Bangladesh’s Consul General in Kunming Shahanaj Akhter Ranu also spoke at the event.

The training covers China’s modernisation, relations with neighbouring countries, administrative management, economic development, industrialisation, modern agriculture, technology, environmental protection and public services.

Participants will also take part in thematic discussions on Yunnan’s experience in economic transformation and development.

The programme includes visits to Yunnan Baiyao Group, a modern agricultural industrial park, a vocational training centre, an industrial park, an environment-friendly urban development project, an elderly care centre and China Mobile’s Yunnan Data Centre.

Through these activities, the participants are expected to gain first-hand exposure to local-level administrative management, rural development, urbanisation and initiatives integrating industrial and urban development.

The delegation includes Mahfuzur Rahman, speechwriter to the Prime Minister; Satia Muntaha, special metropolitan magistrate (joint district and sessions judge) at Dhaka South City Corporation; Dr KM Alamgir Kabir and Sayma Akter, directors at the PMO; Md Anisur Rahman, deputy secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration; and Md Ziaur Rahman, deputy secretary at the Local Government Division.

Other members are Md Arifuzzaman, private secretary to the Prime Minister’s political adviser; Prabir Kumar Roy, private secretary to the Prime Minister’s special assistant on Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and Ethnic Affairs; Major Abrar Faiyaz, private secretary to the Prime Minister’s military secretary; Syed Nazmul Hossain, ADC to the Prime Minister; Nur-E-Alam Siddiqi, programmer at the PMO; Md Mobaidul Islam Mukul, assignment officer-3 to the Prime Minister; Mir Solaiman, assistant private secretary to the Prime Minister’s adviser on public administration; and Abdullah Al Mahmud Shahriar Pamir, assistant press secretary to the Prime Minister.