After a brief stopover in British Columbia yesterday to talk to Coastal First Nations leaders about his government’s major projects plans — and more specifically, as Aya Dufour reports, the still-theoretical prospect of a bitumen pipeline through Northern B.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to arrive in Beijing later this morning, with his plane on track to touch down at 8:45 p.m. local time, according to his itinerary.

As Canadian Press reports, he’s expected to kick off his three-day visit by meeting with “the second and third most powerful leaders in China’s communist system: Premier Li Qiang — nominally caretaker of China’s economy and in charge of its cabinet — and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress” ahead of a planned tête-à-tête with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, the following day.

Back in Canada, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon is booked in for a third day on the hustings in southwestern Ontario — this time, in Waterloo, Ont., where he’ll team up with local Liberal MP Bardish Chagger to unveil “economic support (for) two Ontario-based manufacturers.” (9 a.m.)

Also on the radar: Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab drops by the Mayflower Curling Club in Timberlea, N.S. to share the details of a fresh tranche of federal infrastructure funding. (10 a.m. AT)

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