Kathmandu, December 2: Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has left for a four-day visit to the northern neighbor of China. He was bid farewell by Deputy Prime Minister Prakashman Singh and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). The cabinet meeting held on Thursday approved the Prime Minister's visit to China from December 2 leading 39 members from among the government officials plus 48 members from the private sector.

Those included in the government team will receive travel and daily allowance from the government according to their status in the government.

39 officials are visiting China at the government's expense, including the Prime Minister, MPs, and government officials. The four-day China tour team includes Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister's wife Radhika Shakya, Prime Minister's Chief Advisor Vishnu Rimal, and Prime Minister's Economic Adviser Yuvraj Khatiwada.

The MPs are Shyam Kumar Ghimire, Leelanath Shrestha, Arjun Narsingh KC, Bijula ​​Rayamazhi, Dhirendra Prasad Mahato, Rekha Sharma, Sarvendranath Sukla, Deepak Karki and Ranjita Shrestha. Chief Secretary Ek Narayan Aryal, Finance Secretary Ram Prasad Ghimire, Kamu Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai, Executive Head of Investment Board Sushil Gyawali, Prime Minister's personal physician Dr. Divya Singh, Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology vice-chancellor Padmasunder Joshi is also comprised in the government team.

Protocol Chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bishnu Prasad Gautam, North East Asia Division Chief Krishna Prasad Dhakal, North East Asia Division Deputy Secretary Mani Ratna Sharma, Prime Minister's Private Secretary Uday Pokharel, Deputy Minister of State's Private Secretary Kamal Rawal, Foreign Affairs Officers Richa Bhattarai, Janaki Ojha, Sujan Lamichhane and Vinod Khanal. Similarly, the Prime Minister's personal assistant Jayashree Shakya, the Foreign Minister's personal assistant Anita Singh and others are also included in the government delegation led by Oli.

Comparatively, this is a huge delegation and would create a big financial burden on the government treasury.

People’s News Monitoring Service.