Manmohan Singh to begin China visit today

Prime Minister,  Manmohan Singh, will arrive here on Tuesday for a two-day visit to China.

Singh, who will reach Beijing after a two-day visit to Russia, will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping

Several agreements in areas like trade, economy, culture and people-to-people contacts are expected to be signed between the two sides after the talks.

This will be the Prime Minister's second visit to Beijing. Singh had previously visited China in January 2008.