A five-day training programme for senior Bangladeshi government officials began in Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan Province, on Monday morning (October 12, 2026). The programme was inaugurated at the Yunnan Academy of Governance and will conclude on October 16.

The training is managed by the Party School of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, also known as the Yunnan Academy of Governance, and organized by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Provincial Government. Fifteen officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and various other government agencies of Bangladesh are participating.

At the opening ceremony, speeches were delivered by Ma Zuoxin, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Yunnan Provincial Government, and Muhammad Abdul Wadud Chowdhury, Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office and head of the Bangladesh delegation.

Qi Yuanling, Vice President of the Party School of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Shahnahz Akhter Ranu, Consul General of Bangladesh in Kunming, also addressed the event.

The programme will cover China’s modernization process, diplomatic relations with neighbouring countries, administrative management, economic development, industrialization, modern agriculture, technology, environmental protection and various aspects of public service delivery.

As part of the programme, participants will attend thematic discussions on Yunnan’s experience in economic transformation and development. They will also visit Yunnan Baiyao Group, a modern agricultural industrial park, vocational training centres, industrial parks, environmentally friendly urban development projects, elderly care facilities and China Mobile’s Yunnan Data Centre.

The officials will also gain first-hand experience of local administrative management, rural development, urbanization and integrated approaches to industrial and urban development.

Other members of the Bangladesh delegation are S. A. M. Mahfuzur Rahman, speechwriter to the Prime Minister; Satia Muntaha, Special Metropolitan Magistrate (Joint District and Sessions Judge) at Dhaka South City Corporation; Dr. K. M. Alamgir Kabir and Saima Akter, Directors at the Prime Minister’s Office; Md. Anisur Rahman, Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration; Md. Ziaur Rahman, Deputy Secretary at the Local Government Division; Md. Arifuzzaman, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Political Adviser; Prabir Kumar Roy, Private Secretary to the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and ethnic minority affairs; Abrar Faiyaz, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Military Secretary; Syed Nazmul Hossain, Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the Prime Minister; Nure Alam Siddiqui, Programmer at the Prime Minister’s Office; Md. Mobaidul Islam Mukul, Assignment Officer-3 to the Prime Minister; Mir Solaiman, Assistant Private Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Public Administration; and Abdullah Al Mahmud Shahriar Pamir, Assistant Press Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Before the opening ceremony, members of the Bangladeshi and Chinese delegations took part in a group photo session.