On October 16, in the evening, at the end of the program of events in the city of Samarkand, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, at the invitation of President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, left for China on a working visit.

The Head of our state got acquainted with the exhibition of the tourism potential of Uzbekistan, organized at the international tourist center “Great Silk Road” in Samarkand.

Within the framework of the program of the 25th session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), held in the city of Samarkand, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, a Declaration on awarding Samarkand the status of the "World Capital of Cultural Tourism" and an Agreement on the establishment of the International Academy of Tourism were adopted.

Dear secretary general!

Distinguished heads of delegations!

At the invitation of President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a working visit to Beijing on October 17-18 to participate in the events of the Third International Forum "One Belt, One Road".

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev inspected a cogeneration station installed in the Chilanzar district of Tashkent city.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the heating plant No. 3 of the Toshkent Issyklik Markazi enterprise in Shaikhantakhur district.