Foreign and Military Affairs
Austrian president in Beijing for state visit to China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-19 14:59
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BEIJING: Austrian President Heinz Fischer arrived here Tuesday noon for a four-day state visit to China.
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Apart from Beijing, he will also visit China's economic hub of Shanghai.
His delegation to China includes a number of Austrian ministers, state secretaries and some other senior officials. Representives from economic, cultural, science and technology circles also form part of his retinue.
In an interview with the Chinese media in the Austrian capital Vienna, Fischer said he hoped to further strengthen mutual understanding and trust and further promote economic cooperation between the two countries.
Fischer's first visit to China was in 1974 as science and technology minister and is now making his first China trip as Austrian president since taking office in 2004.
