HONG KONG, June 14 (Reuters) - Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) co-founder, is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday during his visit to China, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
The meeting will mark Xi's first meeting with a foreign private entrepreneur in recent years.
The last reported meeting between Xi and Gates was in 2015, when they met on the sidelines of the Boao forum in Hainan province.
In early 2020, Xi wrote a letter to Gates thanking him, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for pledging assistance to China including $5 million for the country's fight against COVID-19.
Several foreign CEOs have visited China since it reopened early this year but most have mainly met with government ministers.
Persons:
Bill Gates, Xi Jinping, Gates, Melinda Gates, Xi, Premier Li Qiang, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Ding Xuexiang, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Qin Gang, Qin, Julie Zhu, Greg Roumeliotis, Brenda Goh, Alex Richardson, Sumeet Chatterjee, Nick Macfie, William Maclean
Organizations:
Microsoft, Melinda Gates Foundation, Information Office, COVID, Premier, Reuters, U.S, Thomson
Locations:
HONG KONG, China, Beijing, Hainan province, U.S, United States, Hong Kong, New York