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Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen visits Grameen Bank's Jobra branch
Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen (6th from left) visits the Jobra branch of Grameen Bank in Chittagong on Friday. UNB
Dhaka, Oct 11 - Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen and his spouse Li Yu visited Grameen Bank’s Jobra branch and the museum on Friday.
During the visit, they gained a detailed understanding of the development history of Grameen Bank and appreciated its contributions in enhancing the wellbeing of common people in Bangladesh.
Chief adviser of the interim government and Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus started the Grameen Bank project in 1976 as an action research pilot project in Jobra village under Chattogram district.
In 1983, the pilot project was transformed into a bank with the aim of alleviating poverty and empowering the marginalized poor in Bangladesh through microcredit. - UNB