As of April 2024, Xi Jinping, the current President of the People's Republic of China, has made 23 international trips to 49 different countries since the formation of the Xi–Li Administration on 15 March 2013.
The number of visits per country where he traveled are:
In his first year in office, President Xi made four international trips to 14 different countries. The following were the trips made by him as president in 2013:
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Russia | Moscow | 22–24 March | First international trip as president; Xi and Peng Liyuan traveled to Moscow, Russia for a state visit to meet with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and discuss bilateral, regional, and international issues of mutual interest and ways to enhance Sino–Russian relations. [1] Xi also visited the Russian Ministry of Defence to meet with Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu and senior military generals, [2] and attended the groundbreaking of a memorial honoring the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. [3] Xi addressed students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on foreign interventionism. [4] |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 24–25 March | |
South Africa | Pretoria, Durban | 25–29 March | |
Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 29–30 March | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 31 May – 2 June | |
Costa Rica | San José | 2–4 June | |
Mexico | Mexico City, Mérida | 4–6 June | |
United States | Rancho Mirage | 6–8 June | |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 3–4 September | |
Russia | Saint Petersburg | 4–6 September | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | 6–8 September | |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 8–10 September | |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 10–13 September | |
Indonesia | Jakarta | 2–3 October | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 3–5 October | |
Indonesia | Bali | 5–8 October |
In 2014, President Xi made seven international trips to 20 different countries. The following were the international trips made by him during the year:
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Russia | Sochi | 6–8 February | |
Netherlands | Amsterdam, The Hague | 22–25 March | |
France | Lyon, Paris | 25–28 March | |
Germany | Berlin, Düsseldorf | 28–30 March | |
Belgium | Brussels, Ghent, Bruges | 30 March – 2 April | |
South Korea | Seoul | 3–4 July | |
Greece | Rhodes | 13–14 July | Technical stopover; Xi met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and President Karolos Papoulias in the Greek island of Rhodes to discuss strengthening cooperation with Greece in areas such as port management, the latter's rail transport development, investment, infrastructure, communications, energy, environmental protection, innovation, and trade. [5] |
Brazil | Fortaleza, Brasília | 14–18 July | |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 18–20 July | |
Venezuela | Caracas | 20–21 July | |
Cuba | Havana, Santiago de Cuba | 21–23 July | |
Portugal | Terceira Island | 24 July | Technical stopover; Xi met with Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas in Terceira Island to discuss strengthening cooperation with Portugal in areas such as marine economy and investment. [6] |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 21–22 August | |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 11–14 September | |
Maldives | Malé | 14–16 September | |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | 16–17 September | |
India | Ahmedabad, New Delhi | 17–19 September | |
Australia | Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Sydney | 14–19 November | |
New Zealand | Auckland, Wellington | 19–21 November | |
Fiji | Nadi | 21–23 November |
In 2015, President Xi made eight international trips to 14 different countries. The following were the international trips made by him during the year:
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Pakistan | Islamabad, Murree | 20–21 April | |
Indonesia | Jakarta, Bandung | 21–24 April | |
Kazakhstan | Astana | 7–8 May | |
Russia | Moscow | 8–10 May | Official visit |
Belarus | Minsk | 10–12 May | |
Russia | Ufa | 8–10 July | |
United States | Seattle, Washington, D.C., New York City | 22–28 September | |
United Kingdom | London, Manchester | 19–23 October | |
Vietnam | Hanoi | 5–6 November | State visit |
Singapore | Central Area | 6–7 November | State visit |
Turkey | Antalya | 14–16 November | |
Philippines | Manila | 17–19 November | |
France | Paris | 29–30 November | |
Zimbabwe | Harare | 1–2 December | State visit |
South Africa | Pretoria, Johannesburg | 2–5 December | State visit |
President Xi made five international trips to 14 different countries in 2016. The following were the international trips made by him during the year:
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 19–21 January | |
Egypt | Cairo | 21–22 January | |
Iran | Tehran | 22–24 January | |
Czech Republic | Prague | 28–30 March | |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 30 March – 1 April | |
Serbia | Belgrade | 17–19 June | |
Poland | Warsaw | 19–21 June | |
Uzbekistan | Bukhara, Tashkent | 21–24 June | |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 13–14 October | |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | 14–15 October | |
India | Goa | 15–17 October | |
Ecuador | Quito | 17–19 November | State visit; Xi met with President Rafael Correa. [7] |
Peru | Lima | 19–21 November | Xi attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima and paid a state visit to meet with Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. [7] [8] |
Chile | Santiago | 21–23 November | State visit; Xi met with President Michelle Bachelet. [7] |
As of April 2024, President Xi has made one international trips to one different country in 2017. The following were the international trips made by him during the year:
Country | Location(s) | Dates | Details |
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Switzerland | Davos, Lausanne, Geneva, Bern | 15–18 January | Addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos; [9] met with the International Olympic Committee and visited the Olympic Museum in Lausanne; [10] visited the United Nations Office at Geneva; [11] paid a state visit to meet with Swiss President Doris Leuthard in Bern. [12] |
Group | Year | |||||
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2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
APEC |
5–7 October, Bali |
10–11 November, Beijing |
18–19 November, Manila |
19–20 November, Lima |
TBA, Da Nang |
TBA, Port Moresby |
BRICS |
26–27 March, Durban |
14–16 July, Fortaleza |
8–9 July, Ufa |
15–16 October, Benaulim |
TBA, China |
TBA, South Africa |
G-20 |
5–6 September, Saint Petersburg |
15–16 November, Brisbane |
15–16 November, Antalya |
4–5 September, Hangzhou |
7–8 July, Hamburg |
TBA, Buenos Aires |
NSS |
24–25 March, The Hague |
31 March – 1 April, Washington, D.C. |
TBA | |||
SCO | 13 September, Bishkek |
11–12 September, Dushanbe |
9–10 July, Ufa |
23–24 June, Tashkent |
7–8 June, Astana |
TBA |
Others |
Bandung Conference 21–25 April, Bandung and Jakarta |
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UN General Assembly 28 September, New York City | ||||||
UN Climate Change 30 November, Paris | ||||||
██ = Event cancelled/Did not attend; ██ = Hosted by China; ██ = Future event; ██ = No event |