A special aircraft, sent by the organisers of the summit, will carry Dr Yunus from Zia International Airport (ZIA) to Hainan, an island province of China, where the summit will take place.

Heads of the government of different countries in Asia, high level businesses executives, experts and scholars will attend the summit.

Prof Yunus will make the inaugural speech at the summit. Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Wu Bangguo, President of the Philippines Gloria Arroyo, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates and former president of the Philippines Fidel Ramos, among others, will also speak at the opening session.

During his visit to China, Prof Yunus will also attend a reception to be accorded by BFA Young People's Group on April 20 on his winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

He will also hold talks with deputy chairman of the People's Bank of China, chairman of the Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission and leaders of the Chinese Microfinance Association in Beijing to discuss the launching of Grameen Trust's microfinance operation in China.

Chinese Central Bank offered a banking license to Grameen Trust to start a Grameen programme in China in October last year.