President Xi welcomes visiting Saudi King Salman in Beijing

published: 2017-03-16 06:18:43 Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.

At the invitation of Xi, King Salman is paying a state visit to China from March 15 to 18. The visit comes after Xi’s state visit to Saudi Arabia in January 2016, when the two countries established a comprehensive strategic partnership, “injecting new impetus into the China-Saudi Arabia relations in the new era,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference on Monday.