Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the Boeing Co. facilities at Paine Field next week as part of a three-day visit to the Puget Sound region.
President Xi is scheduled to arrive in Seattle on Sept. 22, according to the office of Gov. Jay Inslee.
His itinerary includes trips to Paine Field, Microsoft’s main campus and Lincoln High School in Tacoma. He is also scheduled to make one policy speech at a dinner banquet where former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will be among those attending, Inslee’s office reported.
President Xi will be the fourth consecutive Chinese leader to visit Washington. President Hu Jintao was the last, in April 2006.
President Hu arrived at Paine Field and delivered a speech at the Future of Flight Museum.
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