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Lee Concludes China Visit With Shanghai Memorial, Presses Beijing on Heritage Cooperation

Lee capped the trip by seeking Chinese help to recover Ahn Jung-geun’s remains.

Overview

  • He marked the 100th year of the Shanghai building that housed Korea’s provisional government from 1926 to 1932.
  • Lee honored independence leader Kim Koo on his 150th birth anniversary by laying flowers and signing the guest book at the memorial hall.
  • He publicly requested Chinese cooperation to preserve Korean independence sites in China and to support related excavations.
  • He addressed a Korea–China venture startup forum in Shanghai to encourage deeper collaboration between the two countries’ innovation ecosystems.
  • The Shanghai stop closed a four-day state visit that featured a second summit with Xi Jinping and talks with top Chinese leaders, which the presidential office said strengthened momentum to normalize ties.