German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins China visit
July 7, 2014
BEIJING – The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing as she begins her three-day visit to China. The pair will hold formal talks on Monday about strengthening economic ties and enhancing mutual trust.
Ms Merkel is due to attend a meeting of the China-Germany Economic and Trade Commission. She will then meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later on Monday. On Sunday she visited Chengdu, the capital of China’s south-western Sichuan province where more than 150 German companies are active. China is Germany’s second-largest export market outside Europe after the US.