NANNING – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in southern China, to attend the 20th China-Asean Expo (CAEXPO) 2023 and China-Asean Business and Investment Summit (Cabis) which runs from September 16 to 19.
The aircraft carrying Anwar landed at Nanning Wuxu International Airport at 3.54am local time.
He was accompanied by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin, Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin, as well as senior government officials.
The prime minister was received by Mohamad, charge d’affaires of the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing Sanmugan Subramaniam and Consul General of Malaysia in Nanning Ahmad Phadil Mohamed Ismail.
Also on hand to receive Anwar was the Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing and Communist Party of China’s standing committee member Wenhao.
Anwar, who is also finance minister, is leading a Malaysian delegation to the CAEXPO, where he is scheduled to speak at the opening ceremony and the summit, alongside Chinese Premier Li Qiang and other Asean leaders, including those from Laos and Vietnam.
He will also be officiating the Malaysian pavilion at CAEXPO.
Following that, Anwar is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting and luncheon with Li , where both leaders will discuss the state of Malaysia-China bilateral relations and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual concern.
The prime minister is also expected to have an engagement with Chinese corporate giants here after the meeting with Li.
This trip marks the second visit to China for Anwar after being appointed prime minister in November last year. He made his maiden visit to China in March this year, where he visited Beijing and Hainan.
The first visit saw Malaysia secure a record RM170 billion worth of investment commitments from China. – September 17, 2023