China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul
ahead of talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, preparing for the
upcoming US-China summit. Discussions covered the Trump-Xi meeting, regional
stability on the Korean Peninsula, and Asia, highlighting Seoul’s role amid
US-China tensions. Later, He and Bessent will review bilateral trade and Iran,
setting the stage for Trump’s May 13–15 Beijing visit, the first by a US
president in nearly a decade.
