Bangladeshi Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit will come as a big boon for Bangladesh.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Cambodia and Bangladesh, and will attend the 8th BRICS Summit in India from Oct 13 to 17, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said.
China will build industrial parks in Bangladesh in 2016 to facilitate its enterprises, said Wang Zijian, economic and commercial counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Bangladesh is welcome to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding member, and the two countries must enhance cooperation.
Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao urged the cooperation with Bangladesh in trade and infrastructure development at a meeting with visiting Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid on Saturday.
Chinese and Bangladeshi leaders on Sunday exchanged congratulations on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
An audience of hundreds clapped their hands and cheered for about two hours as songs and dances from ethnic groups in China's southwestern Yunnan province showcased China's colorful minority cultures on Sunday night in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.