Overview
- President Lee begins a four-day state visit on Sunday, meeting Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday before traveling to Shanghai.
- National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said Lee will urge Beijing to play a constructive role in peace and denuclearization talks with North Korea.
- The agenda centers on practical economic cooperation, with a roughly 200-member business delegation, an economic forum, and a planned signing of multiple MOUs.
- Lee reaffirmed that South Korea respects the one-China policy on Taiwan ahead of the summit.
- Seoul will raise easing China’s unofficial curbs on Korean cultural content and concerns over Chinese steel structures in the Yellow Sea, with a large K-pop concert deemed unlikely and no joint statement expected.