Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates will visit China from April
18-21, according to a press release from the Shanghai office of
Microsoft China.
Timothy Chen, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft and CEO of
the Greater China Region, said he hoped Gates' trip would help
improve relations between Microsoft, the government and industrial
communities in China. He said greater cooperation would help
advance innovation and allow more people to benefit from
information technology.
The Microsoft Corp. chairman will deliver keynote speeches at a
Microsoft forum for Asian government leaders to be held in Beijing
and at the Boao Forum of Asia to be held in south China's Hainan
Province.
Gates will also visit Tsinghua University and Peking University
during his China tour.
(Xinhua News Agency April 11, 2007)