President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Beijing on an official visit.

On his arrival, he was received by the Chinese Finance Minister Lan Fo'an, Pakistan Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong.

The President is on a visit to China from February 4 to 8.

The visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to China will play an important role in increasing bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

During the visit, Asif Ali Zardari will hold meetings with the top political leadership of China as he will meet with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Chiang of the State Council of China.

Asif Ali Zardari will also attend the opening ceremony of the ninth Asian Winter Games in the Chinese city of Harbin.