King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni arrived in Beijing Wednesday afternoon for a five-day state visit to China at the invitation of President Hu Jintao.

This is Sihamoni's first visit to China since he became the Cambodian king in October last year.

Sources said that Sihamoni is expected to confer with Hu. Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, and Premier Wen Jiabao will also meet with Sihamoni respectively.

Besides Beijing, King Sihamoni will travel to Tianjin, an industrial and port city in north China.

(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2005)