Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete arrived here on Friday afternoon for the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation slated for Nov. 4-5.

Forty eight African countries that have diplomatic relations with China are to participate in the two-day summit.

In 2006, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Tanzania which is now a destination country for Chinese tourists. Bilateral trade reached 474 million U.S. dollars in 2005.

China established diplomatic ties with Tanzania on Nov. 26, 1964.