Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Monday morning for state visits to Russia and Germany and the 12th G20 summit in Hamburg.[Special coverage]
Xi was invited by Russian President Vladimir Putin, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel.
His entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan; Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Yang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier; Li Zhanshu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; State Councilor Yang Jiechi; and Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Governor of People's Bank of China.
