Two day conference to mark Sino-Lanka jubilee anniversary

A two-day conference will be held at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) on October 21 and 22 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of China-Sri Lanka Diplomatic relations.

This conference has been organised as one item of a series of events in 2007 to mark the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations established in 1957 with the People’s Republic of China.

The Conference will consist of four sessions and the following main areas will be covered by eminent resource persons from China and Sri Lanka; (1) Five Decades of China-Sri Lanka Friendship and cooperation; A Retrospect, (2) Strengthening of Cultural Cooperation towards a better understanding, (3) Exploring potential for Economic and Trade Development for mutual benefit and (4) China-Sri Lanka cooperation in the context of South Asia Regional Cooperation.

The Chinese delegation for the two-day Conference will be headed by Prof. Xu Jian Vice President and two delegates from China Institute of International Studies (CISS) and Sri Lanka will be represented by the officers from the Public and Private sector, members of the China-Sri Lanka friendship Association and representatives from Chambers numbering over one hundred.

The Inauguration Ceremony will be held on October 21 and the Keynote Address will be delivered by Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake.

The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Ye Dabo, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Departmental Heads and several invitees will grace the occasion. The Conference is organised by the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies in association with the China Institute of International Studies, Beijing, China, a states a BCIS press release