On the morning of October 16, 2023, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council held talks at the Great Hall of the People with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali who is in China to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and pay an official visit to China. Chinese enterprises are welcome to invest and do business in Ethiopia, and Ethiopia will do its utmost to protect the security of Chinese enterprises and personnel. After the talks, Premier Li and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali jointly witnessed the signing of multiple bilateral cooperation documents on Belt and Road cooperation, the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, agriculture, culture, health, digital economy, green development, and urban and infrastructure development, among others. Before the talks, Li Qiang held a welcoming ceremony for Abiy Ahmed Ali at the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People. On the afternoon of the same day, Abiy Ahmed Ali laid a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes.
