Twenty leaders of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are set to visit China.
A delegation of 20 lawmakers, led by General Secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya, will travel at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 11-day visit begins on Sunday (November 15).
The delegation includes Joint General Secretary Hari Dhakal, parliamentary party deputy leader Ganesh Parajuli and Chief Whip Kabindra Burlakoti. Also in the team are lawmakers Lima Adhikari, Samikshya Baskota, Sagar Dhakal, Dr Anand Bahadur Chand, Sushant Baidik, Reema Bishwakarma, Dr Dhananjay Regmi, Shree Ram Neupane, Dr Ram Lama, Gajala Shamim Mikrani, Punam Agrawal, Ratna Thapa, Dr Sujata Tamang, Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary, Arvind Shah and Ramesh Sapkota.
The RSP team will visit several Chinese cities, including Beijing, Hangzhou and Sichuan.
Delegation member Anand Chand, who heads the party’s Science, IT, Innovation and Startup Department, said he wants to study China’s progress in innovation during the visit.
“I hope to study and exchange views on how technology and experience can be used in Nepal, according to its needs and capacity, in agricultural modernisation, health services, education, public service delivery, industrial production and entrepreneurship development,” Chand said. “I am particularly interested in understanding China’s achievements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital technology, innovation and industrial development, along with the policies it has adopted and the institutional practices it has developed.”
Another delegation member, Dr Dhananjay Regmi, expressed confidence that the visit would help build mutual understanding and close ties between the two countries.
Regmi said he believes the visit by RSP lawmakers could lay the foundation for cooperation that brings long-term economic, technical and development benefits to Nepal. He also expects the visit to help strengthen political relations and prepare the ground for future high-level visits.
