Sri Lankan president concludes China visit

Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga left Beijing Friday afternoon at the end of her four-day state visit to China.

After Kumaratunga arrived here on Aug. 28, she attended the meeting commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. She started her state visit to China from Aug.30 at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao.

During her stay in Beijing, President Hu, China's top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao held talks or met with Kumaratunga respectively. Besides Beijing, Kumaratunga also made a whirlwind visit to Shanghai Thursday.

Source: Xinhua