KATHMANDU, April 26 -- President Bidya Devi Bhandari and her entourage reached Beijing on Thursday evening after visiting various historical places in Shaanxi Province.

President Bhandari was received by Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kong Xuanyou, Ambassador of China to Nepal Hou Yanqi, and Ambassador of Nepal to China Leela Mani Paudyal and other officials of the Nepali embassy in Beijing.

The president will attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held in Beijing Friday. She will also deliver a speech at the Forum, and attend a banquet hosted by President Xi Jinping later in the evening.

Earlier on Thursday, Shaanxi Province Governor Liu Gouzhong called on the President Bhandari in Xi'an. Various ...