According to state media, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will meet on Friday.
The leader of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, will meet with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 16, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
One of the richest men in the world, Gates is among the Western business titans who have visited China since the nation lifted the severe Covid restrictions that had kept it mostly cut off from the outside world for almost three years.
He is making his first trip to the nation in four years.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on Thursday that it would provide $50 million to help China’s efforts to combat tuberculosis and malaria. The announcement came as the Microsoft co-founder was meeting in Beijing with partners in global health and development.
The foundation announced it would renew collaboration with the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) — a Beijing-based group set up by Gates, the Beijing municipal government and Tsinghua University.
The $50 million will support “efforts to improve health outcomes worldwide through lifesaving therapies for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, which disproportionately affect the world’s poorest”, the Gates Foundation said in a statement.
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On Thursday, Gates gave a speech at GHDDI, the Gates Foundation said, hailing China’s efforts in eradicating malaria and poverty reduction.
“China has made significant gains reducing poverty and improving health outcomes within China,” Gates said.
“I’m hopeful China can play an even bigger role in addressing the current challenges, particularly those facing African countries.”
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon visited China last month, as did Tesla CEO Elon Musk, his first visit in more than three years.
Musk, who has extensive business interests in China, met with senior officials in Beijing and visited Tesla’s Gigafactory on the outskirts of Shanghai for a late-night meeting with staff.
In March, Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Beijing, saying his company enjoyed a “symbiotic” relationship with China.
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