Chinese President Jiang Zemin met Monday morning with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is here on a three-day visit to China.

Prior to the Jiang-Annan meeting, Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Song Jian met with Annan. Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan held talks with the secretary-general.

Annan also attended a seminar themed "the UN in the 21st century".

He arrived in Beijing Saturday on his fourth China trip since he became the UN secretary-general in 1997.

(People’s Daily 01/22/2001)