Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in Beijing on Friday, the State-run media Global Times reported.
“You’re the first American friend I have met in Beijing this year,” Xi advised Gates in accordance with a report within the Chinese State media. “I often say that the foundation of China-US relations lies in people-to-people ties. We have always placed our hopes on the American people, and hope that people of our two countries will maintain their friendship,” Xi stated in accordance with Global Times.
According to a report within the Chinese information outlet, Xi praised Gates and his basis for his or her long-term dedication to facilitating international poverty discount, well being, and growth in addition to public welfare and charity work. President Xi additionally advised Gates that China is prepared to work with him and his basis to proceed strengthening cooperation in related fields, and supply assist and assist to different growing nations, the Global Times reported.
Gates stated that he’s visiting China for the primary time since 2019. Gates is the newest high-profile enterprise titan to go to the nation in latest months, Fox Business reported.
The Microsoft co-founder on Wednesday tweeted: “I’ve just landed in Beijing for the first time since 2019, where I’m excited to visit with partners who have been working on global health and development challenges with @gatesfoundation for more than 15 years.”
The billionaire philanthropist had final met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2015, and in 2020 Xi had written a letter thanking Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for pledging some USD 5 million to the nation in its struggle in opposition to COVID as per Fox Business.
On Thursday, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation stated it should present USD 50 million over the following 5 years to assist Chinese efforts to battle the illness.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation introduced a renewed collaboration with the Beijing Municipal Government and Tsinghua University to assist the Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) “in its efforts to improve health outcomes worldwide through lifesaving therapies for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, which disproportionately affect the world’s poorest,” in accordance with launch by the muse.
Meanwhile, as per Fox Business, China has been rolling out the purple carpet for US CEOs in latest months.
Gates has retired from main Microsoft and seems to be abroad to deal with the work of the worldwide charitable group he based together with his ex-wife.
Other high-profile visits to China this yr included these by Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is anticipated to go to China quickly.
During Musk’s three-day go to to China the Tesla chief checked in on the electrical car large’s operations and met with China’s international minister.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon additionally visited China earlier this month throughout a visit to Asia to satisfy with workers there and in neighboring Taiwan, as per Fox Business.
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