A Nepali government spokesman has confirmed that Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli will be visiting China on an official trip by the end of March.

The official trip to China will be Nepali Prime Minister Oli's first after he became prime minister on 11 October 2015.

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Sherdhan Rai, a spokesman of the government of Nepal said Oli's official trip was decided by a meeting of the Council of Ministers.

"The prime minister is likely to visit China at the end of March," according to Rai, who is also the country's information minister.

The specific dates of Oli's visit to China have not been plotted yet but Rai told reporters in a conference in Kathmandu that the prime minister will be in China by the end of this month.

Oli's official trip to China was also confirmed by his foreign relations adviser, Gopal Khanal.

In an interview with the official Xinhua news agency, Khanal said Oli will attend the 2016 Annual Conference of the Boao Forum of Asia, which will be held in Hainan from March 22 to 25.

But Khanal said that aside from attending the Boao Forum, the 63-year-old prime minister will make an official trip to China.

If the China visit pushes through, it will be Oli's second overseas trip since he became prime minister last year. His first state visit was in India from February 19 to 24 of this year.

Oli's state visit in China will also take place barely a month after the Nepalese government decided to prepare for the establishment of a new consulate general office in southwestern China.

The decision to establish a consulate office in China was welcomed by Nepalese tourism entrepreneurs and stakeholders, who are all hopeful that Nepal's tourism industry will be revived with the new consulate.

The new consulate will be established in the southwestern province of Sichuan, specifically in the city of Chengdu, according to a Xinhua report. 

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