Red carpet welcome for pm in China

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a delegation from Colombo, including Ministers Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Sajith Premadasa, Rauf Hakeem and Malik Samarawickrema left on a four-day state visit to China on April 6, on the invitation of Prime Minister Li Keqiang. They return today after having concluded successful financial and trade discussions with the Asian giant. 

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed the China Council for the International Promotion of Trade at the China World Hotel on April 8. The Prime Minister said he wanted to make Sri Lanka an economic and commercial hub in the Indian Ocean once again.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang welcomed Prime  Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to a state ceremony in Beijing

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe places a wreath at the Tiananmen Square

Prime Minister Wickremesinghe meets with Venerable Shi Yinshin, Vice President of the Buddhist Association of China

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang.

The delegation from Sri Lanka being welcomed at the Great Hall of the People on the western edge of the Tiananmen Square in Beijing by China Prime Minister Li Keqiang and other dignitaries.

The Prime Minister addressed the China Council for International Promotion Trade at the China World Hotel on April 8, accompanied by Ministers Rauf Hakeem, Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Malik Samarawickrema and Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

The Sri Lanka delegation in discussions with the Chinese delegation

The Prime Ministers of the two countries witness the signing of seven agreements