BEIJING, March 17 (Reuters) - Dozens of foreign CEOs will visit Beijing this month for a flagship development conference where some are expected to meet President Xi Jinping, according to a draft agenda and three sources familiar with the matter.
The annual China Development Forum (CDF) will take place on March 23-24 at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, two sources told Reuters.
Attendees include the CEOs of FedEx FDX.N, Siemens SIEGn.DE, automakers BMW BMWG.DE and Mercedes-Benz MBGn.DE, chip designer Qualcomm QCOM.O, AstraZeneca AZN.L, Nestle NESN.S, Saudi Aramco, Citadel, Rio Tinto RIO.L, Deutsche Bank DBKGn.DE, McKinsey, Estee Lauder, Standard Chartered STAN.L and KPMG, according to a draft agenda seen by Reuters.
(Reporting by Laurie Chen and Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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