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Some of the Sri Lankan leaders who have visited China include: Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1961, 1972), Foreign Minister A.C.S. Hameed (1979), President J.R. Jayewardena (1984), Prime Minister R. Premadasa (1979, 1988), Prime Minister D.B. Wijetunga (1989), President Chandrika Kumaratunga (1996, 2005), Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (2003), Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar (2004) and Foreign Minister Anura Bandaranaike (2005), Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama (2009), Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake (2009), Minister of External Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris (2010, 2011) and Prime Minster D.M. Jayaratna (2010, 2011).
Sri Lankan Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike Chairman Mao Zedong greeting Sri Lanka s Prime Minister
with Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlain in Sri Lanka Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Signing of the Sri Lanka - China Joint Statement by Prime Minister Bandaranaike with Chairman Mao Zedong
Prime Minister Bandaranaike and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai
gifting a baby elephant to China with Premier Wen Jiabo
President J.R. Jayawardena at the Chinese built Courts Complex
His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa has visited
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Madam Rajapaksa President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Guard of Honour
being greeted by President Hu Jintao
President Maithripala Sirisena also undertook a State visit to China in March 2015. The president again visited China as the guest invitee to the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) which was held on 15th May 2019 in Beijing.
The current leadership of