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| First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo |
The First Lady H. E. Mrs.
Rebecca Akufo-Addo will pay an eight day official visit to the People’s
Republic of China from Monday 20th to 29th November,
2017, a statement from her office signed by the Press Aid Richard Darko has
said.
Among her entourage
will be the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kojo
Yankah, Dr. Stella Ennim, Director of Crop Research Institute (CSI) and a
representative from the Finance Ministry, Millicent Degraft –Johnson.
The visit of the First
Lady is aimed at strengthening cooperation and deepening economic ties between
the two countries. This follows the trip
of Vice President H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to China in June and the reciprocal
visit of Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Mr. Qian Keming to Ghana in
September.
“During the visit, the
First Lady will support the President of the Association of Ghana Industries
(AGI) to open the first Ghana trade and investment office in Qingdao, China. In
addition, the delegation will travel to Hunan where they will meet provincial
officers and visit the laboratory of “the father of rice”, Mr. Yuan Long Pin,
investor of the hybrid rice variety to discuss how China could assist Ghana to
improve its yield in her rice production”, the statement noted.
Another key area of Mrs.
Akufo-Addo’s visit to China is to spearhead a major commitment of the
government’s political agenda which is One District One Factory policy
initiative. “The First Lady will then proceed to Shenzhen in the Guangdong
Province to meet the official of China National Building Materials (CNBM) who
are working with Ghana on her One District One Factory initiative”, the
statement added.
Mrs. Akufo-Addo will
also make a stopover at the Chinese autonomous region of Hong Kong to meet the
region’s Financial and Investment community. She is expected to be home just
after leaving Hong Kong.
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