Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his two-day state visit to Nepal on Sunday. It was the first visit by a sitting Chinese president to Nepal in 23 years since Jiang Zemin visited in 1996.

The Oli administration left no stone unturned to welcome the Chinese president in Kathmandu. Xi started his official engagements by attending delegation-level talks with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, shortly after landing in Kathmandu on Saturday evening.

On Sunday, officials from Nepal and China signed agreements on various issues in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Xi.
In addition, foreign ministers from Nepal and China as well as finance, home and foreign secretaries and secretaries at related ministries and the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yaunqi signed and exchanged 20 memorandums of understanding and letters of exchange.

A joint communique issued on Sunday described Xi’s visit as a milestone in Nepal-China relations.

Xi and the Chinese delegation departed for Beijing on Sunday afternoon.
President Bhandari saw her Chinese counterpart off at the airport. Prime Minister Oli, Cabinet ministers and other high-level officials were also present at the airport.