Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhai Jun welcomed the Prime Minister and his entourage. Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khalid and senior diplomats of Pakistan Embassy and officials from Chinese government were also present on the occasion. A smartly dressed contingent of the three services of People's Liberation Army presented salute to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister was accompanied by First Lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Advisor to Prime Minister on foreign affairs Tariq Fatimi and Chief minister Balochistan Abdul Malik.
The Prime Minister is under taking a 5-day visit at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. The significant feature of the Prime Minister's visit is that, both the prime ministers will hold meeting within a span of less than two months that illustrate the close fraternity among the leadership of the two countries. Premier Li during his visit to Islamabad in May had invited Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and the later choose China for his first overseas visit. Earlier, Chief Minister Punjab Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif also arrived to join Prime Minister's delegation. The Prime Minister is leading a small delegation.