Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Masimov arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning, kicking off his four-day official visit to China.

Invited by his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao, Masimov will hold talks with Wen in the Chinese capital, and also meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Hainan Province on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) on April 12.

BFA is a platform for high-level interaction between leaders from Asia and the world.

(Xinhua News Agency April 9, 2008)