President Lee Jae Myung is set to make a four-day state visit to China next week, holding bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to the presidential office on Tuesday, Lee is scheduled to depart Seoul on Sunday, visiting Beijing and Shanghai. Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said that Lee will visit Beijing from Jan. 4 to 6 holding a summit with Xi and attending a state banquet. He will then travel to Shanghai from Jan. 6 to 7. It will be Lee's first visit to China since his inauguration in June, and follows Xi's visit to South Korea from late October to early November on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. Their first meeting helped ease previously strained relations between Seoul and Beijing. "During the state visit, talks are expected to focus on issues that directly affect the livelihoods of both countries’ citizens, including supply chains, investment, the digital economy, responses to transnational crime, and environmental cooperation," Kang said. In Shanghai, one of hubs for Korea's independence figh