China's new President Xi Jinping arrived in Tanzania today ahead of a three-nation Africa tour also taking in South Africa and the Republic of the Congo. President Xi flew into Dar es Salaam with his wife from Moscow. After holding official talks scores of ministers and CEO of Chinese companies signed a totalo of 16 accords before the new President of China gave a keynote speech on relations with Africa during a state banquet later on. He is scheduled to head to Durban, South Africa, tomorrow for a summit of leaders of the world's major emerging economies, known as the BRICS, on Tuesday and Wednesday, and could endorse plans to create a joint foreign exchange reserves pool and an infrastructure. Banners with smiling faces of the two presidents Welcome to Tanzania a girl greets the President of China and his wife after she and the boy gave the visiting dignitaries bouquet of flowers President Jakaya Kikwete welcomes President Xi Jinping and his