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Thursday, Jan 27, 2005

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YSR for China on January 30

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, JAN. 26. The Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will leave for China on a six-day official visit from January 30.

On his maiden foreign tour after taking over as Chief Minister, Dr. Reddy will be accompanied by his Cabinet colleagues, N. Raghuveera Reddy and Ponnala Laxmaiah. The Chief Minister has been invited by the Chinese Government, which was impressed by the pro-farmer policy of the State Government and the thrust given to the irrigation sector.

He will arrive in Beijing on January 30 and attend a dinner hosted by the Indian Ambassador, according to a tour programme released here on Wednesday. The next day he meets the Agriculture Minister, Du Qinglin, and the Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC), Gu Xiulian. On February 1, Dr. Reddy will leave for the International Department of the CPC Central Committee and meet the Assistant Minister, Chen Fengziang. Another Minister, Wang Jiarui will meet the delegation before it leaves for Wuhan, the capital of Hunei province.

Hectic schedule

The Chief Minister will visit a peasant's household and a township enterprise in Hongshan district of Wuhan. The Polit Bureau member of CPC and secretary of the Hubei committee, Yu Zhengsheng, will meet the delegation. Dr. Reddy will reach Yichang city and attend a dinner hosted by a leader of the local CPC committee.

On February 4, Dr. Reddy will tour the Three Gorges Dam and reservoir area by barge. On the last day of his stay in China, the Chief Minister will meet the Polit Bureau member of the CPC and secretary of Shanghai committee, Chen Liangyu and leave for City planning exhibition hall.

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