The Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was in China today, meeting his counterpart, Defence Minister Liang Guanglie.
Meeting in Beijing, the pair discussed means of boosting relations between the two countries and militaries, reported China's Xinhua news agency.
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is due to attend the 9th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, where China's new attack helicopter and fighter jets will be exhibited.
Meanwhile, China's communist party figure, Wu Bingguo, was in Sri Lanka and pledged $760 million in aid towards infrastructure development.