Lao top leader Thongloun arrives in China for state visit

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith arrives in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 2, 2026. Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state visit. (Xinhua/Liu Mingxiang)

HANGZHOU, June 2 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state visit.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith visits Deep Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 2, 2026. Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state visit. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith tries operating a robot at Deep Robotics in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 2, 2026. Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state visit. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith visits the headquarters of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 2, 2026. Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state visit. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith visits the headquarters of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 2, 2026. Thongloun Sisoulith arrived in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, on Tuesday for a five-day state visit. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)