Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Chinese head of state arriving in Hungary on a state visit 

On Wednesday evening at the Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his wife Anikó Lévai received President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and his spouse, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief informed the Hungarian news agency MTI. 

At the aircraft, children dressed in Hungarian folk costumes greeted the presidential couple, offering them bread and salt according to an ancient custom, and then the students of the Hungarian-Chinese Dual Language Primary and Secondary School welcomed the guests. There was also a brief cultural show performed by the Csillagszemű Dance Ensemble. 

The Chinese head of state will stay in Hungary on a state visit until Friday, on the 75^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the press chief recalled.