Vanuatuan Prime Minister Ham Lini arrived here Thursday for an official visit to China from Feb. 24 to Mar. 4 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

During Lini's stay in Beijing, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other senior officials will confer with himrespectively.

Besides Beijing, Lini will also visit Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, and Haikou and Sanya, two scenic cities in of south China's island province of Hainan.

Lini was elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu in December 2004.