Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba receives a bouquet of flowers Oct. 30, 2006 upon his arrival in Shanghai. -Xinhua

Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba arrived in this largest business hub of China Monday morning.

Bongo, as guest of Chinese President Hu Jintao, is making a stopover in Shanghai en route to Beijing, where a summit of the Forum on the China-Africa Cooperation will be held from Nov.4 to 5.