Museveni in China for Asian economic forum

By Vision Reporter

President Yoweri Museveni is in the Chinese City Island of Hainan in Sanya for the BOAO Forum for the Asia Annual Conference.

The President, who is accompanied by the First Lady and Minister for Karamoja Affairs, Janet Museveni was received at the Sanya Phoenix International Airport by the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhao Yali and Uganda's Ambassador to China Charles Wagidoso among other officials.

The President will give an address promoting Uganda's investment and tourism potential at the forum due tomorrow 28th March 2015.

Later the President will be hosted together with other visiting heads of state to an official banquet while the First Lady Janet Museveni will join other spouses to visit the nearby Biering Community.

During the working visit, the President will visit Tianjin City and hold a meeting with H.E Huang Xing， the acting Secretary the Tianjin Municipal Committee the Committee of the Communist Party of China and Mayor of Tiankin Municipal People’s Government.

He will later visit the Tianjin Economic and Technology Development Industrial Park and the Tanggu Railway Station.

Museveni will during the course of his visit, also address the business forum and meet with various investors in Beijing, address students at the China Foreign Affairs Ministry.

He will wrap up his visit with a bilateral meeting with H.E Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China.