Kathmandu, November 13
The itinerary has been finalised for a delegation of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leaders set to visit China for 11 days at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC).
The delegation will leave for China on Sunday, November 15, and arrive in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. The visit will begin in Sichuan and conclude in Beijing, with the team starting its study tour on the second day.
On November 16, the delegation will visit the High-Tech Enterprises and Industrial Park in Sichuan. The RSP lawmakers will also hold an exchange of ideas with leaders of the CPC Party School. RSP General Secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya, who is leading the delegation, will present the party’s views during the interaction.
On November 17, the team will visit Wenchuan to study post-earthquake reconstruction. The area was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in 2008, which killed more than 87,000 people.
On November 18, the delegation will visit the research-based Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu. It will also take part in an interaction on disaster response management at Sichuan University.
The team will fly to Zhejiang province on November 19. The following day, it will visit a robotics technology facility and an industrial park.
On November 21, the delegation will travel by high-speed train to visit the Yiwu International Trade Market. It will also observe rural governance and grassroots party-building practices.
On November 22, the team will visit Zhejiang University to study the development of think tanks.
A China-Nepal Enterprises Matchmaking Conference will be held in Jinhua on November 23, with entrepreneurs participating. Acharya will present the RSP delegation’s views at the event.
The delegation will fly to Beijing on November 24, where it is scheduled to meet senior CPC leaders, hold discussions with party experts and visit the CPC’s historical museum.
The team is scheduled to return to Nepal on November 26 after completing the 11-day visit.
The delegation, led by Acharya, includes RSP Joint General Secretary Hari Dhakal, Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Party Ganesh Parajuli and Chief Whip Kabindra Burlakoti.
Other members are lawmakers Lima Adhikari, Samiksha Baskota, Sagar Dhakal, Dr Anand Bahadur Chand, Sushant Vaidik, Rima Bishwakarma, Dr Dhananjay Regmi, Shriram Neupane, Dr Ram Lama, Gajala Shamim Mikerani, Punam Agrawal, Ratna Thapa, Dr Sujata Tamang, Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary, Aravind Shah and Ramesh Sapkota.
The delegation also met Prime Minister Balen Shah on Friday before its departure.
