The People's Republic of China's premier, Li Qiang, was met by Ireland's ambassador in Beijing, Ann Derwin, and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan upon his arrival in Dublin on Tuesday night.

He left early on Wednesday morning to go to Phoenix Park.

Later the same day, Mr. Li and Mr. Varadkar will have a bilateral meeting at Farmleigh House to talk about the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Following his speech at the World Economic Forum's opening ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, Mr. Li has been travelling around Europe.

Since President Xi Jinping's attendance at the yearly event in 2017, he is the first senior Chinese government official to do so.

The visit coincides with China's and EU officials' attempts to strengthen relations.

Political difficulties persist despite the robust commerce between the EU and China, each region being the other's second-largest trading partner.

China's neutrality in what the majority of European nations see to be Russia's aggressive campaign against Ukraine has infuriated the EU.

A few Western nations have refrained from using or censured Chinese-affiliated technology due to security apprehensions. These include Hikvision, the company that makes the CCTV cameras utilised in the Dáil, and TikTok.