BEIJING, China — President Lee Jae Myung kicked off his official engagement in Beijing with a meeting with Koreans living in China, saying that his state visit would serve as a “significant milestone” in laying out a roadmap for the next 30 years of bilateral ties.
Lee underscored the significance of launching this year’s “practical diplomacy” with a four-day state visit to China — the first by a Korean president since 2017 — as he met about 300 South Koreans living in China.
The trip is a reciprocal visit following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to South Korea on the sidelines of the 2025 APEC summit in Gyeongju from Oct.
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