Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, highlighted the role of music in fostering a closer bond between the people of China and Thailand as she paid a visit to the Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music in Bangkok on Saturday.

Peng was warmly welcomed by Naraporn Chan-o-cha, wife of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Anek Laothamatas, Thai minister of higher education, science, research and innovation, and senior executives of the institute upon her arrival. The institutes' students waved flowers along the street as a band played drums.