United States President Barack Obama is to meet with Shanghai Party chief Yu Zhengsheng on Monday and have a dialogue with Chinese youths afterwards before heading for Beijing in the afternoon.

Obama arrived in Shanghai Sunday night to start his four-day state visit to China, his first trip to the country since taking office in January.

The China visit is one leg of Obama's Asian tour, including state visits to Japan and the Republic of Korea and attending a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).?