Bangladeshi Consul General keen to promote tourism in China

Editor’s Note: On the evening of January 22, “I have a date with Yunnan” Consul-General New Year Storytelling Concert 2016 was held in Kunming. The Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Lao, Malaysian, Myanmar, Thai and Vietnamese Consul Generals in Kunming as well as the Indian Consul General in Guangzhou attended the event.

This article relates the story of Bangladeshi Consul General in Kunming Muhammad Daud Ali. Let’s see the kind of date he had with Yunnan.

Muhammad Daud Ali has just finished a bright red window papercut for his first Spring Festival in China. Last year, he came to Yunnan and began to serve as Bangladeshi Consul General in Kunming. In the company of his wife, he diligently learned the Chinese language as well as culture bit by bit.

The year 2015 marked the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Bangladesh. Today, China has become Bangladesh’s largest trade partner, and Bangladesh has become China’s third largest trade partner in South Asia. “More and more Bangladeshi people are now doing business in Kunming,” said Muhammad Daud Ali.

It has become an important part of Muhammad’s work to promote the tourism cooperation between the two countries. In the past six months, he made great efforts to further simplify tourist visa procedures on both sides, creating favourable conditions for in-depth travel and business travel. “Bangladesh is a famous tourist destination. We have the world’s longest beaches and unique Bengal tigers. We welcome you to travel in Bangladesh. I believe you will love the comfortable and affordable accommodation and great food,” said Muhammad confidently.

With the Chinese Year of the Monkey approaching, Muhammad specially learned from a Chinese papercut artist Granny Zhang to make a little monkey paper-cut to wish China and Bangladesh greater achievements in their future bilateral cooperation and exchanges.

（Zhang Ruogu）