Myanmar Leader Meets Chinese Yunnan Vice-Governor

First Secretary of the Myanmar State Peace and Development Council Lieutenant-General Khin Nyunt met with visiting Vice-Governor of Yunnan Province of China Shao Qiwei Tuesday.

Present at the meeting were Myanmar Minister of Electric Power Major-General Tin Htut, Foreign Minister U Win Aung and Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Li Jinjun.

Khin Nyunt said on the occasion that Myanmar supports China's joining of the World Trade Organization.

At the meeting, Shao noted that China and Myanmar have great potential in economy and trade, and are strong in mutual supplementation.

He looks forward to continuous exploration of new channels and methods of cooperation by the two sides in future, saying that the Chinese side will build the Paunglaung station as a demonstration of project in economic and technical cooperation.

The economic and trade delegation of Yunnan provincial government led by Shao arrived here last Friday on a five-day visit to Myanmar at the invitation of Tin Htut.






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