Kathmandu, 11 September: Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, will be arriving here tomorrow on a four-day official visit at the invitation of Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Li  will be arriving in Kathmandu on a special flight in the afternoon of September 12. Speaker Sapkota and Li will hold delegation-level bilateral talks  the same day.  The Speaker will host a banquet in honour of Li and the members of his delegation in the same evening.

During his stay in Nepal, Li will pay courtesy calls on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on September 14 and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on September 13. Li will meet with Chairperson of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka will pay a courtesy call on Li  the same day. K P Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal  former , former Prime Ministers will also hold separate meetings with Li on September 13. He will return home on September 15 on a special flight.