Bill Gates To Meet Xi Jinping In Beijing Today
After committing $50 million through his foundation to support Chinese efforts to fight sickness, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates will meet President Xi Jinping on Friday. A rare meeting between the Chinese head of state and a foreign business executive will take place during the visit, according to Chinese state media on Friday. The leader of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, will meet with President Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 16, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The meeting takes place before US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's anticipated trip to China on Sunday. It also comes after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday that it will provide $50 million to aid Chinese efforts to combat tuberculosis and malaria. The Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI), a Beijing-based organization founded by Gates, the Beijing municipal government, and Tsinghua University, was the subject of the foundation's announcement that it will con...