Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L) shakes hands with Li Changjiang, head of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, upon his arrival at the airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2008. Kevin Rudd is to attend the annual meeting 2008 of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), to be opened in Boao, also in Hainan Province, on April 12. (Xinhua Photo)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd arrives in Sanya, a scenic city in south China's Island Province of Hainan, Friday afternoon, for the annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA).

Chinese President Hu Jintao will also meet Rudd in Sanya.

And on Saturday, Rudd will attend the opening ceremony of BFA annual meeting together with other foreign leaders.

This is the first China visit since Rudd assumed the office of Prime Minister in November 2007. He kicked off his four-day official tour on April 9 as guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (L Front) talks with Li Changjiang (R Front), head of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, upon his arrival at the airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (2nd L) receives a bunch of flowers from a girl upon his arrival at the airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, April 11, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2008)