SHENZHEN, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov concluded his four-day China visit and left here on Friday.

During his stay in Beijing, Berdymukhamedov held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and met with top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao.

Berdymukhamedov traveled to south China`s Shenzhen and Hong Kong on Nov. 24 and 25. In Shenzhen, he met with secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Wang Yang. The two sides also attended a ceremony to celebrate the start of operation of a natural gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Guangdong.

The visit is Berdymukhamedov`s third state visit to China since he assumed the presidency in 2007.