BEIJING (Reuters) – A private jet used by Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk has arrived in Beijing, a Reuters witness said.
Musk is expected to meet senior Chinese officials and visit Tesla’s factory in Shanghai, sources said, in what would be his first trip to China in three years.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Musk had arrived in China.
Musk’s private jet, a 2015 Gulfstream G650ER, was shown leaving Alaska on Tuesday morning Asia time, before passing through Japan and South Korea, according to ADS-B Exchange, an aggregation website of flights.
The plane with its identifying tail number could be seen at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday, according to the Reuters witness.
China is Tesla’s second-largest market after the United States, and the Shanghai plant is the electric carmaker’s largest production center.
(Reporting by Tingshu Wang and Josh Arslan in Beijing and Zhang Yan in Shanghai; Writing by Brenda Goh; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Edwina Gibbs)