Kenyan president starts China visit

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki arrived in Shanghai Monday afternoon, starting a five-day state visit to China as guest of Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Kibaki will travel to Beijing where he is expected to hold talks with Hu and meet with other Chinese leaders including top lawmaker Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao, sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

He will also visit Shenzhen, an economic boomtown in south China's Guangdong Province.

This is Kibaki's first visit to China as Kenyan president.

Source: Xinhua