Mr Gates is in China in his role as the co-chairman of the The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation he started with his former wife. In 2020, Mr Gates stepped down from Microsoft’s board to focus on the foundation, which focuses on global health, education and climate change. Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates met China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday as tensions remain high between Washington and Beijing. Mr Gates is the latest high-profile US business leader to visit China since it reopened its borders. Can Bill gates help restore US- China relationships ?