Microsoft's boss in Southeast Asia, China PMI, Japan's Kishida at OECD

Welcome to Your Week in Asia.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella starts a Southeast Asian tour, kicking off with his attendance at an artificial intelligence (AI) conference in Jakarta, while Japanese leader Fumio Kishida is set to attend an OECD meeting in Paris later this week.

All eyes will be on China's factory activity index release on Tuesday for more signs about the health of the world's No. 2 economy.

On the earnings front, memory chip leader Samsung reports its latest results, along with some of Japan's biggest trading houses.

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MONDAY

Jokowi meets Lee Hsien Loong

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is set to visit Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the Bogor palace outside Jakarta. This is likely to be one of Lee's final meetings with a foreign leader before he transfers power to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in mid-May. Wong will accompany him on the trip, Indonesia's foreign ministry said. The discussions are expected to cover topics such as food resilience, the green energy transition and the development of Indonesia's new capital city, Nusantara.

Earnings: HSBC, BYD, GoTo Group

TUESDAY

Microsoft chief visits Southeast Asia

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is slated to begin a Southeast Asia tour starting in Indonesia, where he will attend the Microsoft Build: AI Day Jakarta. At the conference, he's expected to share insights on the new era of AI with local developers and Indonesian businesses on how to leverage the emerging technology to support their operations. After Jakarta, Nadella will take part in similar events in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, where he is scheduled to meet Malaysian Prime