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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the 7th President of the People's Republic of China. Xi Jinping has made 42 international trips to 69 countries since he assumed the leadership on 15 November 2012. Xi’s travels currently take place on a modified Air China 747-8.
The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 22–23 March 2013 | Russia | Moscow | His first foreign trip as China's paramount
Met with President
Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties. Discussions of a new comprehensive strategic cooperation plan between China and Russia were held. Increased tourism cooperation and cultural ties were agreed upon.
[1] |
24–25 March 2013 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Met with President of Tanzania
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete to discuss bilateral ties. A joint communique was signed on boosting friendly cooperation between China and Tanzania.
[5] Met with President of Zanzibar Ali Mohamed Shein to discuss bilateral ties. [6] | |
25–29 March 2013 | South Africa | Pretoria, Durban | State visit and attendance to the 5th BRICS summit. [7] [8] | |
29–30 March 2013 | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | Met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso to discuss bilateral ties. Talks were held to improve cooperation between Chinese doctors and African health services. [9] [8] | |
2 | 31 May–2 June 2013 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Met with President of Trinidad and Tobago
Anthony Carmona and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Kamla Persad-Bissessar to discuss bilateral ties.
[10] Met with Trinidad and Tobago Senate President Timothy Hamel-Smith and Speaker of the House Wade Mark to discuss increased legislative exchanges between China and Trinidad and Tobago. [11] Met with President of Guyana Donald Ramotar to discuss bilateral ties. [12] Met with President of Suriname Dési Bouterse to discuss bilateral ties. [13] |
2–4 June 2013 | Costa Rica | San José | [14] | |
4–7 June 2013 | Mexico | Mexico City | [15] | |
7–9 June 2013 | United States |
Ontario, California Rancho Mirage, California Indian Wells, California Palm Springs, California |
Hosted by President Barack Obama at Sunnylands Estate in California in a 'shirtsleeves summit' with U.S. President Barack Obama in June 2013, although this was not considered a formal state visit. [16] Also met with California Governor Jerry Brown at Indian Wells and Palm Springs. [17] [18] | |
3 | 3–4 September 2013 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Met and discussed bilateral ties with President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Agreements reached on promotion of energy cooperation between China and Turkmenistan. [19] |
4–6 September 2013 | Russia | Saint Petersburg | State visit and attendance to the 8th G20 summit. [20] | |
6–7 September 2013 | Kazakhstan | Astana | [21] | |
8–9 September 2013 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | [22] [23] | |
10–13 September 2013 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | State visit and attendance to the 13th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. [24] | |
4 | 2 October 2013 | Indonesia | Jakarta | [25] |
3 October 2013 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | [26] | |
5–8 October 2013 | Indonesia | Bali | 25th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. [27] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 6–8 February 2014 | Russia | Sochi | Attendance to the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. [28] |
2 | 22–25 March 2014 | Netherlands | Amsterdam, The Hague | State visit and attendance to the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit. [29] [30] |
25–27 March 2014 | France | Lyon | [31] [32] | |
27–29 March 2014 | Germany | Berlin | [32] [33] | |
30 March–1 April 2014 | Belgium | Brussels | State visit [34] [32] | |
3 | 3–4 July 2014 | South Korea | Seoul | State visit. Met with President Park Geun-hye. [35] |
4 | 14–16 July 2014 | Brazil | Fortaleza, Brasília | State visit and attendance to the 6th BRICS summit. [36] [37] |
19-20 July 2014 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | State visit [37] | |
20-21 July 2014 | Venezuela | Caracas | State visit [37] | |
21-23 July 2014 | Cuba | Havana | State visit [37] | |
5 | 21–22 August 2014 | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | State visit |
6 | 11–14 September 2014 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | State visit and attendance to 14th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. [38] |
14–16 September 2014 | Maldives | Malé | [39] | |
16–17 September 2014 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | [40] | |
17–19 September 2014 | India | New Delhi | State visit. [41] Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Visited New Delhi and also went to Modi's hometown in the state of Gujarat. [42] | |
7 | 14–19 November 2014 | Australia | Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart | Xi Jinping became the third Chinese President to visit Australia, after his two predecessors. Xi Jinping first attended the G20 Summit in Brisbane. He then flew to Australia's capital, Canberra to address a Joint Sitting of Australian Parliament, hold talks with Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and other Australian officials. [43] He then went to Hobart, Tasmania, becoming the first Chinese head of state ever to visit the island state. He held talks with Tasmanian officials, including the wife of the late ex-Premier Jim Bacon. He then went to Sydney, New South Wales, to hold talks with senior NSW officials, as well as meet business leaders. After he finished his visit to Sydney, he flew directly to New Zealand (see below for more). [44] |
19–21 November 2014 | New Zealand | Auckland | [45] | |
21–23 November 2014 | Fiji | Nadi | [46] [47] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 20–21 April 2015 | Pakistan | Islamabad, Murree | See 2015 Xi Jinping visit to Pakistan. Signed a series of infrastructure deals worth $45 billion related to the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. During his visit, Pakistan's highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan, was conferred upon him. [48] |
22–24 April 2015 | Indonesia | Bandung, Jakarta | Met with President Joko Widodo. [49] Attended the Afro-Asian Leaders Summit and the 60th Anniversary events of the Bandung Conference. [50] | |
2 | 7 May 2015 | Kazakhstan | Astana | Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev. [51] [52] |
8–9 May 2015 | Russia | Moscow | State visit. See 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade for more information. [53] Xi was the guest-of-honour of Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Parade. At the parade, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan sat next to Putin. [52] | |
10–11 May 2015 | Belarus | Minsk | State visit. Met with President Alexander Lukashenko. [54] | |
3 | 8–11 July 2015 | Russia | Ufa | Attendance to the 7th BRICS summit and the 15th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
4 | 22–28 September 2015 | United States | Seattle, Washington D.C., New York City | See 2015 visit by Xi Jinping to the United States. His first state visit to the United States. [55] [56] [57] |
5 | 19–24 October 2015 | United Kingdom | London, Manchester | See State visit by Xi Jinping to the United Kingdom. [58] Met Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister David Cameron and other dignitaries. Increased customs, trade, and research collaborations between China and the U.K. were discussed, but more informal events also took place including a visit to Manchester City's football academy. [59] |
6 | 5–6 November 2015 | Vietnam | Hanoi | State visit.[ citation needed] |
6–7 November 2015 | Singapore | Singapore | State visit and Ma–Xi meeting.[ citation needed] | |
7 | 14–16 November 2015 | Turkey | Antalya | State visit and attendance to 10th G20 summit. [60] |
17–19 November 2015 | Philippines | Manila | 27th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.[ citation needed] | |
8 | 29–30 November 2015 | France | Paris | Attendance to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [61] |
30 November–1 December 2015 | Zimbabwe | Harare | [62] | |
2–5 December 2015 | South Africa | Pretoria, Johannesburg | [63] [64] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 19–20 January 2016 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | [65] |
20–21 January 2016 | Egypt | Cairo | [66] | |
22 January 2016 | Iran | Tehran | [67] | |
2 | 28–29 March 2016 | Czech Republic | Prague | Met with the Czech president, prime minister and other representatives to promote relations and economic cooperation between the Czech Republic and the PRC. [68] His visit was met by a considerable number of protests by Czechs. [69] [70] |
3 | 31 March–1 April 2016 | United States | Washington D.C. | Attendance to the 4th Nuclear Security Summit.[ citation needed] |
4 | 18 June 2016 | Serbia | Belgrade | [71] |
20 June 2016 | Poland | Warsaw | [72] | |
21–24 June 2016 | Uzbekistan | Bukhara, Tashkent | State visit and attendance to the 16th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. [73] | |
5 | 13 October 2016 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | [74] |
14 October 2016 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | [75] | |
15 October 2016 | India | Benaulim ( Goa) | State visit and attendance to the 8th BRICS summit. [76] | |
6 | 17 November 2016 | Ecuador | Quito | [77] |
19–21 November 2016 | Peru | Lima | State visit and attendance to the 28th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. [78] | |
22-23 November 2016 | Chile | Santiago de Chile | [79] | |
24 November 2016 | Spain | Gran Canaria | [80] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 16–17 January 2017 | Switzerland | Bern, Davos | State visit and attendance to the World Economic Forum, [81] [82] the first Chinese paramount leader to attend the WEF. Xi addressed the forum in a high-profile keynote, addressing globalization, the global trade agenda, and China's rising place in the world's economy and international governance; he made a series of pledges about China's defense of "economic globalization" and climate change accords. [83] [84] [85] During the visit, Xi also visited the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee. [85] |
2 | 5 April 2017 | Finland | Helsinki | [86] |
6–9 April 2017 | United States | Palm Beach, Florida | Hosted by President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. [87] | |
3 | 7 June 2017 | Kazakhstan | Astana | State visit and attendance to the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Expo 2017. [88] |
4 | 3 July 2017 | Russia | Moscow | [89] |
4–8 July 2017 | Germany | Berlin, Hamburg | State visit and attendance to the 12th G20 summit. [90] | |
5 | 10–12 November 2017 | Vietnam | Hanoi | State visit and attendance to APEC Vietnam 2017. [91] |
13–14 November 2017 | Laos | Vientiane | [92] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 20 July 2018 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | [93] |
21 July 2018 | Senegal | Dakar | [94] | |
22 July 2018 | Rwanda | Kigali | Xi and Peng Liyuan met with President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette Kagame. First visit by a Chinese head of state. [95] | |
24–27 July 2018 | South Africa | Pretoria, Johannesburg | State visit and attendance to 10th BRICS summit. [96] | |
27 July 2018 | Mauritius | Port Louis | [97] | |
2 | 11–13 September 2018 | Russia | Vladivostok | Attendance to the 4th Eastern Economic Forum. [98] |
3 | 16–17 November 2018 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | State visit and attendance to APEC Papua New Guinea 2018. [99] [100] |
18–20 November 2018 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | [101] [102] | |
20–21 November 2018 | Philippines | Manila | State visit [103] | |
4 | 27–29 November 2018 | Spain | Madrid | Met with the King Felipe VI, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and speakers of the Congress and Senate. Multiple bilateral relationship issues were discussed, including an invitation for Spain to join the Belt and Road Initiative. Agreements were signed addressing double taxation, scientific products or exports of Spanish food products. [104] |
30 November–1 December 2018 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | State visit and attendance to the 13th G20 summit. [105] | |
3 December 2018 | Panama | Panama City | [106] | |
4–5 December 2018 | Portugal | Lisbon | [107] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 22–24 March 2019 | Italy | Rome | See 2019 Xi Jinping Italy and France visit |
24 March 2019 | Monaco | Monaco | Met with Albert II, Prince of Monaco | |
24–26 March 2019 | France |
Nice Paris |
See 2019 Xi Jinping Italy and France visit | |
2 | 5–8 June 2019 | Russia |
Moscow St. Petersburg |
State visit and attendance at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. |
3 | 12–14 June 2019 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | State visit and attendance to the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
14–16 June 2019 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | State visit and attendance to the meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia. [108] [109] | |
4 | 20–21 June 2019 | North Korea | Pyongyang | State visit. First Chinese leader to visit North Korea since his predecessor Hu Jintao's visit in 2004. [110] See Kim–Xi meetings. [111] |
5 | 27–29 June 2019 | Japan | Osaka | Attendance to the 14th G20 summit. Met with U.S. President Donald Trump. [112] |
6 | 11–12 October 2019 | India | Chennai Mahabalipuram | Informal summit with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
12–13 October 2019 | Nepal | Kathmandu | State visit. | |
7 | 10–12 November 2019 | Greece | Athens | State visit. |
12–14 November 2019 | Brazil | Brasília | Attendance to the 11th BRICS summit. Met with President Jair Bolsonaro. |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 17–18 January 2020 | Myanmar | Nay Pyi Taw | State visit. Met President Win Myint, State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi and military leader Min Aung Hlaing. [113] |
Between 2020 and 2022, Xi paused foreign travel, speculated to be due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [114]
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 14 September 2022 | Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan | State visit. Xi's first visit outside China since January 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. [115] |
14-16 September 2022 | Uzbekistan | Samarkand | State visit and attendance to 2022 SCO summit. Met with Central Asian leaders as well as Russian president Vladimir Putin, his first since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022. [116] [117] | |
2 | 14-17 November 2022 | Indonesia | Bali | Attendance to the 17th G20 summit. Met numerous world leaders including the US president Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, French President Emmanuel Macron [118] and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol. [119] [120] |
17-19 November 2022 | Thailand | Bangkok | State visit and attendance to APEC Thailand 2022. Met with leaders including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, [121] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, [122] Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha [123] and US Vice President Kamala Harris. [124] | |
3 | 7-10 December 2022 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | State visit and attendance to the China-Arab States Summit and China-GCC Summit. Met king Salman, and crown prince and prime minister Mohammed bin Salman. Xi also met with numerous Arab leaders, including members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. [125] During the meeting, he signed numerous commercial deals with Saudi Arabia and formally elevated the relationship to comprehensive strategic partnership, highest level in China's formal ranking of relations with other countries. [126] |
Dates | Country | Locations | Details | |
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1 | 20–22 March 2023 | Russia | Moscow | State visit. Second meeting with Putin after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, [127] [128] as well as his first trip overseas after the 2023 National People's Congress. The visited came at the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as well as an arrest warrant for Putin issued by the International Criminal Court. [129] During the visit, Xi met with Putin, as well as Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. [130] Putin and Xi signed a joint statement vowing to expand ties, and officially promoted a new "multipolar world". [129] |
2 | 21–24 August 2023 | South Africa |
Pretoria Johannesburg |
State visit and attence of the 15th BRICS summit. [131] Met with various BRICS leaders, as well as various leaders from the African continent. [132] |
3 | 14–17 November 2023 | United States | San Francisco | Attendance to the US-China leader summit and APEC United States 2023. [133] |
4 | 12–13 December 2023 | Vietnam | Hanoi | State Visit. [134] |
Group | Year | ||||||||||
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2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
APEC |
5–7 October, Bali |
10–11 November, Beijing |
18–19 November, Manila |
19–20 November, Lima |
10–11 November, Đà Nẵng |
17–18 November, Port Moresby |
16–17 November, Santiago (cancelled) |
20 November, Kuala Lumpur |
12 November, Auckland |
18–19 November, Bangkok |
12–18 November, San Francisco |
BRICS |
26–27 March, Durban |
14–16 July, Fortaleza |
8–9 July, Ufa |
15–16 October, Benaulim |
3–5 September, Xiamen |
25–27 July, Johannesburg |
13–14 November, Brasília |
17 November, Saint Petersburg |
9 September, New Delhi |
23 June, Beijing |
22–24 August, Johannesburg |
G-20 |
5–6 September, Saint Petersburg |
15–16 November, Brisbane |
15–16 November, Antalya |
4–5 September, Hangzhou |
7–8 July, Hamburg |
30 November–1 December, Buenos Aires |
28–29 June, Osaka |
21–22 November, Riyadh |
30–31 October, Rome |
15–16 November, Bali |
9–10 September,
[a] New Delhi |
SCO |
13 September, Bishkek |
11–12 September, Dushanbe |
9–10 July, Ufa |
23–24 June, Tashkent |
8–9 June, Astana |
7–8 June, Qingdao |
14–15 June, Bishkek |
10 November, Moscow |
16–17 September, Dushanbe |
15–16 September, Samarkand |
4 July, Goa |
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