May 9, 2002	Thursday	Safar 25, 1423

ISLAMABAD, May 8: Minister for Finance Shaukat Aziz left here on Wednesday for Shanghai to attend the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

During his four-day visit to China, he would also be holding bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart and other important officials to increase trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.

Officials said that the finance minister would also be addressing an investors conference in Shanghai. This conference will be attended by international bankers, credit rating agencies like Moody’s International and Standard & Poor and the prominent Chinese businessmen.

Meanwhile, the 33rd annual meeting of the Council of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will begin in Shanghai on Saturday.

The annual meeting of the Council will continue for five days and over 3,200 delegates will participate in it, reported Radio China.