Li Zhanshu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, arrived on a four-day official visit to Kathmandu on Monday. Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota welcomed Li who arrived at the Tribhuvan International Airport this afternoon. A team led by the Chinese speaker will directly head towards Hotel Soaltee.

The Chinese Embassy has booked the hotel for them for four days.

They are scheduled to come to the Baneshwor-based Parliament building after resting for some time at the hotel where Sapkota and Li will hold a meeting. During the meeting, the duo will sign a bilateral agreement, it has been learnt. Leader Li will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday. He is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Wednesday.