China welcomes Bangladeshi interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to attend Boao Forum for Asia 2025 Annual Conference and ready to strengthen bilateral cooperation, said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Tuesday.
At a regular press briefing in Beijing, Guo confirmed the participation of Yunus in the Boao Forum scheduled from Tuesday to Friday in Boao Town of south China's Hainan Province.
"China welcomes Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to attend the Boao Forum for Asia 2025 Annual Conference. I would like to stress that China and Bangladesh are traditional friendly neighbors and comprehensive strategic cooperative partners. This year marks the 50th anniversary of China-Bangladesh diplomatic ties. China is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Bangladesh and jointly promote the continuous development of bilateral relations," he said.
Yunus is expected to deliver a speech at the forum on Thursday, according to Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, Bangladesh's state-run news agency BSS reported.
China welcomes Bangladesh's chief adviser to Boao Forum, ready to strengthen bilateral cooperation
The Chinese-built Caculo-Cabaca Hydropower Station has begun supplying electricity to rural communities in Angola's north-central province of Cuanza Norte.
A launch ceremony for the project's rural power supply was recently held in a local residential community of Cambambe Municipality in Cuanza Norte.
The ceremony was attended by Governor of Cuanza Norte Province Joao Diogo Gaspar, Mayor of Cambambe Municipality Maria Mafuta Difuma Bafutidy, and Chinese representatives of the Caculo-Cabaca plant project.
According to the China Gezhouba Group Company Limited (CGGC), the contractor for the project, the hydroelectric plant is located in the middle section of the Cuanza River, the longest river in Angola. Designed to have an installed capacity of 2,172 megawatts, it is projected to generate an average of over 8,500 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 7.2 million tons annually. Additionally, the dam serves other functions such as water flow regulation and flood prevention.
The station, on which construction began in August 2017, is a major energy infrastructure project undertaken by Chinese-funded enterprises in Africa and an important achievement of energy cooperation between China and Angola under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.
It is scheduled to begin commercial operations and connect its first generator to Angola's power grid in October. Once fully completed, it will be the largest hydroelectric infrastructure in Angola and the third largest in Africa.
Addressing the launch ceremony, Gaspar called the Caculo-Cabaca a world-class project which will bring not only clean electricity to the Angolan people, but also drive development across various sectors of the country and provide a strong guarantee for its public energy security.
Chinese-built hydropower station begins power supply to Angolan villages
