Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam made her first visit to Beijing on Saturday, where she will meet with senior Chinese officials pressing her to find a way to end the pro-democracy protests that have convulsed the city for more than six months.

The four-day trip to the Chinese capital is Lam’s first since voters handed her government a crushing defeat in local elections last month, Reuters reported. Some observers are speculating that she will be forced to change some members of her leadership team.

She will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday.

Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have for months called for Lam to step down amid the sometimes violent protests. Lam’s move to withdraw the extradition bill that sparked the movement did nothing to quell the demonstrators’ anger at her government. Their demands have broadened into calls for more freedom amid what is seen as an effort by Beijing to assert more control over the semi-autonomous city.

Hundreds of thousands protested last Sunday in the largest anti-government protests since the local elections.