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[Asia Economy Senior Reporter Cho Young-shin] Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (President of the State, Chairman of the Central Military Commission), will host Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who is visiting Beijing, China this week, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 25th.
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SCMP added that General Secretary Trong will make an official visit to China from the 30th of this month to the 2nd of next month at the invitation of General Secretary Xi.
General Secretary Trong has served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2011 and was President of the State from 2018 to 2021.
SCMP explained that General Secretary Trong is the first foreign leader to meet Xi Jinping since Xi was elected as Party General Secretary and Chairman of the Party Central Military Commission at the 1st Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee (1st Plenum), marking the start of his third term in power. Trong is also the first foreign leader to visit Beijing in person since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020.
This invitation to General Secretary Trong appears to be part of China's diplomatic policy with the South China Sea in mind. China and Vietnam are parties involved in the South China Sea territorial disputes.
SCMP explained that managing relations with Vietnam is one of China's important diplomatic priorities to offset U.S. influence in the South China Sea.
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Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also expected to visit China early next month and hold talks with President Xi. Chancellor Scholz is scheduled to visit Beijing, China with a delegation of German business representatives.
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