On Monday (September 29, 2025), the Chinese Permanent Embassy in Bangladesh hosted the pre-departure gathering for the 2025 Second Batch of Bangladesh Diplomatic Training Program. Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen attended and delivered a speech at the event. Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam, Secretary and Rector of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, was also invited to the event.

Ambassador Yao Wen said that the program is for the fourth batch of young diplomats participating in the training initiative jointly organized by the Chinese Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. He added that the journey will be a “mutual learning journey” to understand China’s development path, an “application-based journey” to gain experience in Chinese modernization, and a “dialogue journey” to deepen friendship. Ambassador Yao Wen encouraged the young diplomats to appreciate this opportunity, participate in in-depth observation and exchange activities, and become the inheritors of China-Bangladesh friendship and participants in the healthy development of the two countries’ relations.

Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam thanked the Chinese Embassy and said that he was grateful for providing such valuable training opportunities for young diplomats of Bangladesh. He expressed his willingness to increase exchanges and cooperation with the Chinese Embassy on behalf of Bangladesh to elevate the multi-faceted strategic cooperation between the two countries to a higher level.