Elon Musk wrapped up his first visit to China in years. Here's what the Tesla CEO was up to

Musk met with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang connected Tuesday.

Qin talked up the imaginable of the electrical conveyance marketplace successful China which helium said "has wide prospects for development," according to a connection from the Chinese ministry.

Musk praised the Chinese radical and China's achievements. Tesla opposes "decoupling" and is consenting to proceed to grow its concern successful China, the connection said.

On Wednesday, Musk met with Jin Zhuanglong, China's Minister of manufacture and accusation technology. The 2 sides discussed "the improvement of caller vigor vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles," according to a connection from the ministry.

On Thursday, Musk met with Chen Jining, the Shanghai enactment secretary. Tesla's Gigafactory is located successful Shanghai, its lone accumulation tract successful China and 1 of the world's biggest for the electrical carmaker.

Chen talked astir Shanghai arsenic a spot for planetary business, according to an authoritative statement. Musk praised the occurrence of the Shanghai Gigafactory and said helium is hoping to proceed to summation practice with the metropolis successful assorted areas, the connection added.

Musk besides met with China's vice-premier Ding Xuexiang, 1 of the country's apical officials, Reuters reported citing a root acquainted with the matter. Ding is known arsenic a loyalist to Chinese person Xi Jinping. Ding is portion of the Politburo Standing Committee, a apical governing assemblage led by Xi.

It is not wide what was discussed but the gathering highlights Musk's adjacent relationships with apical Chinese politicians.

Musk besides met with Zeng Yuqun, the president of CATL, the world's largest electrical conveyance artillery institution and a Tesla supplier, according to local media reports. An representation circulating successful section media, which could not beryllium instantly verified by CNBC, showed Musk and Zeng walking side-by-side successful a hotel.

In March, Bloomberg reported that Tesla was exploring gathering a artillery works successful the U.S. successful concern with CATL.

CATL declined to remark and it was not wide what Musk and Zeng discussed.

Musk visited Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory connected Thursday, according to a video posted by the company's authoritative relationship connected the Chinese Twitter-like work Weibo.

The billionaire gave a code to the unit and praised them.

"It's been incredibly awesome however you person been capable to flooded truthful galore difficulties and truthful galore challenges," Musk told staff. "I archer radical passim the world, the cars we nutrient present are not conscionable the astir businesslike production, but besides the highest quality."

The Shanghai mill has been cardinal to the electrical carmaker's enlargement into China.