First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on 8-day visit to China
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo is scheduled to visit the
People’s Republic of China from November 20 to November 29, 2017.
Travelling with her will be the Minister of State in charge of
Tertiary Education, Prof. Kojo Yankah , Dr. Stella Ennim, Director of
Crop Research Institute (CSI) , and Millicent Degraft – Johnson from the
Ministry of finance.
A statement signed and issued by Mr Richard Darko, Press Aide to the
First Lady said the trip follows the visit of the Vice President, Dr.
Mahamudu Bawumia to China in June and the subsequent visit of the Vice
Minister of Commerce of China, Mr. Qian Keming to Ghana in September and
will further deepen relations and as well as strengthen economic
cooperation between Ghana and China.
During the visit, the First Lady will support the President of the
Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to open the first Ghana trade and
Investment Office in Qingdao in China. In addition, the delegation will
travel to Hunan where they will meet provincial officials and visit the
laboratory of “the father of rice “, Mr. Yuan Long Pin, investor of the
hybrid rice variety to discuss how China could assist Ghana to improve
its yield in her rice production.
The First Lady will then proceed to Shenzhen in the Guangdong
Province to meet the officials of China National Building Materials
(CNBM) who are working with Ghana on her “One District One Factory “
initiative and also visit Huawei Headquarters to hold discussions with
their officials.
On her return to Ghana, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo will make a stopover
at Hong Kong to meet with the Hong Kong Financial and Investment
community.
“The visit by the First Lady follows recent high level exchanges
between the two countries and is an indication of the importance His
Excellency, Nana Akufo-Addo’s government attaches to Ghana – China
relations” says Ghana ‘s Ambassador to China, H.E Edward Boateng.
The First Lady would be away for eight (8) days.
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