Bill Gates in China for 1st time in 4 years

Published June 16th, 2023 - 06:33 GMT
 Bill Gates
This combination of pictures created on June 15, 2023 shows US philantropist Bill Gates in New York on September 21, 2022 and China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on October 23, 2022. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN and Noel CELIS / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, who is one of the world's richest men, has paid a visit to China and met President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, local Chinese media reported.

Gates vowed through his foundation $50 million to help Chinese efforts to battle disease.

According to AFP, this visit by the billionare Bill Gates is his first to China in four years.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported: "On June 16, President Xi Jinping met the American Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chairperson Bill Gates in Beijing."

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