First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo
The First Lady H. E. Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo will pay an eight-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China from Monday 20th to 29th November 2017, a statement from her office signed by the Press Aid Richard Darko has said.
Among her entourage will be the Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kojo Yankah, Dr. Stella Ennim, Director of Crop [ads1]Research Institute (CSI) and a representative from the Finance Ministry, Millicent Degraft–Johnson.
The visit of the First Lady is aimed at strengthening cooperation and deepening economic ties between the two countries. This follows the trip of Vice President H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to China in June and the reciprocal visit of Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Mr. Qian Keming to Ghana in September.
“During the visit, the First Lady will support the President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to open the first Ghana trade and investment office in Qingdao, China. In addition, the delegation will travel to Hunan where they will meet provincial officers and visit the laboratory of “the father of rice”, Mr. Yuan Long Pin, investor of the hybrid rice variety to discuss how China could assist Ghana to improve its yield in her rice production”, the statement noted.
Another key area of Mrs. Akufo-Addo’s visit to China is to spearhead a major commitment of the government’s political agenda which is One District One Factory policy initiative. “The First Lady will then proceed to Shenzhen in the Guangdong Province to meet the official of China National Building Materials (CNBM) who are working with Ghana on her One District One Factory initiative”, the statement added.
Mrs. Akufo-Addo will also make a stopover at the Chinese autonomous region of Hong Kong to meet the region’s Financial and Investment community. She is expected to be home just after leaving Hong Kong.