Overview
- Seoul says Lee will press China to play a constructive role in restarting dialogue with North Korea and to support peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
- A 200-member business delegation will join the trip, with roughly ten MOUs slated for signing on cooperation in supply chains, artificial intelligence, green energy and tourism.
- South Korea will seek progress on easing China’s unofficial curbs on Korean cultural content, though officials say a large K-pop concert during the visit is unlikely.
- Lee has reaffirmed respect for the one-China policy as Beijing steps up pressure over Taiwan, and the visit comes before a planned meeting between Seoul and Tokyo.
- Sensitive bilateral issues will be raised, including Chinese steel structures in the Yellow Sea, with working-level talks continuing and no joint post-summit statement anticipated.