Arun Jaitley to embark on five day visit to China today

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will today embark on a five-day visit to China, where he will attend the first annual meeting of the board of governors of the 100-billion US dollar Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The meeting will be held on Saturday and Sunday in Beijing.

A Finance Ministry statement said that during his stay in Beijing, Mr. Jaitley will also hold talks with Chinese investors and bankers to seek investment in infrastructure and other sectors in India.

The minister will



participate in different sessions of the two-day AIIB meeting including the session on 'Infrastructure and Global Economic Growth' and 'Financing Green Infrastructure: The Role of MDBs' among others.

Mr. Jaitley will also hold a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei on June 27.

He will also participate in the 8th India-China Financial Dialogue.

The Finance Minister will return to New Delhi on June 28th, after completing his five-day official visit to China.