INCHEON, South Korea, May 12 (Reuters) - Chinese Vice

Premier He Lifeng arrived in South Korea on Tuesday to hold

trade talks with a U.S. delegation ahead of a summit this week

between the leaders of the world's biggest economies, according

to a Reuters witness at Incheon airport.

China's Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang, China's lead

trade negotiator, was also among the officials accompanying He.

He Lifeng is due to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott

Bessent on Wednesday for talks ahead of the meeting between U.S.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in

Beijing, scheduled to run from Thursday to Friday.

Bessent is expected to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday

morning to meet with He before heading to China in the

afternoon, South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol told a

press briefing.

There is no meeting scheduled between Koo and either Bessent

or He, Seoul's Finance Ministry said.

Later on Tuesday, South Korea's presidential Blue House said

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is scheduled to meet

Bessent.

The talks between Bessent and He are due to take place in a

reception room at Incheon airport, News1 reported, citing an

airport official.

A representative from Incheon International Airport

Corporation declined to comment on the report.