Bangladesh and China on Sunday reiterated their pledges to bolster new vistas of cooperation in a swathe of sectors connecting Yunnan Province and Chittagong.
The sectors include trade, medical tourism, people-to-people connectivity and exchanges.
The two sides discussed ways to strengthen existing bilateral relations.
Wang Yubo, governor of Yunnan Province of China, on Sunday called on Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain at the State Guest House Padma in the capital.
During the meeting, the bilateral issues between Bangladesh and China were reviewed, a MOFA official was quoted by news agency UNB as saying.
Earlier, in a regular media briefing, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain announced that China has decided to designate two to three hospitals in Kunming, the nearest Chinese city from Dhaka, for Bangladeshis who badly need advanced medicare abroad.
“I requested them (Chinese authorities) to simplify the visa process and reduce visa fees for Bangladeshi treatment seekers,” Hossain said.
The adviser revealed that the Chinese government has agreed to construct a large public hospital on government-owned land in Purbachal on the outskirts of Dhaka metropolis.
“We’ll provide the land (for the purpose) as soon as possible,” he said, adding that in addition to the public hospital, a plan was chalked up to establish a tertiary-level hospital under public-private partnership (PPP) with China.