President Bola Tinubu on Sunday arrived in Beijing, the capital of China, on a state visit.

In the Asian country, the Nigerian leader would attend the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit, themed “Joining Hands to Advance Modernisation and Build High-Level China-Africa Community with Shared Future.”

This was disclosed in a post on X by the President’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Dada Olusegun.

Tinubu was received by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Kaduna State counterpart, Uba Sani; Minister of Works, David Umahi; the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; among other Nigerian and Chinese government officials.

The Chinese President, Xi Jinping had earlier invited the Nigerian President to pay a state visit to China in September.