This is a list of international trips made by Xi Jinping during his tenure as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the president of China. Xi Jinping has made 56 international trips to 71 countries since he assumed the top leadership on 15 November 2012. Xi's travels currently take place on a modified Air China 747-8.
Summary The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:
One visit to: Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brunei, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Laos, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. Two visits to: Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, North Korea, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, and Spain. Three visits to: Brazil, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Four visits to: France, India, South Africa, and Vietnam. Six visits to: Kazakhstan and the United States Eleven visits to: Russia.
2013 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Moscow State visit; His first foreign trip as China's paramount leader and state representative. 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.Met with Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin to discuss enhancement of inter-parliamentary ties between China and Russia.Met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to discuss increased military ties between China and Russia.Met with Russian Minister of Far East Development Viktor Ishayev to discuss increased economic cooperation in the Russian Far East.Dar es Salaam State visit; 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.Met with President of Zanzibar Ali Mohamed Shein to discuss bilateral ties.Pretoria, Durban State visit and attendance to the 5th BRICS summit.Brazzaville State visit; Met with President Denis Sassou Nguesso to discuss bilateral ties. Talks were held to improve cooperation between Chinese doctors and African health services.2Port 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.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.Met with President of Guyana Donald Ramotar to discuss bilateral ties.Met with President of Suriname Dési Bouterse to discuss bilateral ties.San José Mexico City OntarioRancho MirageIndian WellsPalm Springs Met with President Barack Obama at Sunnylands Estate in Rancho Mirage in a 'shirtsleeves summit', although this was not considered a formal state visit. Also met with California Governor Jerry Brown at Indian Wells and Palm Springs.3Ashgabat Met and discussed bilateral ties with President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Agreements reached on promotion of energy cooperation between China and Turkmenistan.Saint Petersburg State visit and attendance to the 8th G20 summit.Astana Tashkent Bishkek State visit and attendance to the 13th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.4Jakarta Kuala Lumpur BaliAttendance to the APEC Indonesia 2013.
2014 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Sochi Attendance to the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.2Amsterdam, The Hague State visit and attendance to the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit.Lyon Berlin Brussels, Bruges State visit3SeoulState visit. Met with President Park Geun-hye.4RhodesStop over.Fortaleza, Brasília State visit and attendance to the 6th BRICS summit.Buenos Aires State visitCaracas State visitHavana State visit5UlaanbaatarState visit6Dushanbe State visit and attendance to 14th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.Malé Colombo New Delhi Ahmedabad State visit. Met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Visited New Delhi and also went to Modi's hometown in the state of Gujarat.7Brisbane, 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. He then went to Hobart, Tasmania, becoming the first Chinese paramount leader 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).Auckland Nadi
2015 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Islamabad, Murree State visit. 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.Bandung, Jakarta Met with President Joko Widodo. Attended the Afro-Asian Leaders Summit and the 60th Anniversary events of the Bandung Conference.2Astana Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.MoscowState visit and participation in the festivities commemorating the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade. Xi was the guest-of-honour of President Vladimir Putin at the Parade. At the parade, Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan sat next to Putin.Minsk State visit. Met with President Alexander Lukashenko.3Ufa Attendance to the 7th BRICS summit.Attendance to the 15th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.4Seattle, Washington D.C., New York City State visit. Met with President Barack Obama. This was his first state visit to the United States.5London, Manchester State visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister David Cameron and other dignitaries. Longest visit ever made by Xi abroad. 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.6Hanoi State visit.Singapore State visit and First Ma–Xi meeting.7Antalya State visit and attendance to 10th G20 summit.Manila Attendance to the APEC Philippines 2015.8Paris Attendance to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.Harare Pretoria, Johannesburg
2016 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Riyadh Cairo Tehran 2Prague Met with the Czech president, prime minister and other representatives to promote relations and economic cooperation between the Czech Republic and the PRC. His visit was met by a considerable number of protests by Czechs.3Washington D.C. Attendance to the 4th Nuclear Security Summit.4Belgrade Warsaw Bukhara, Tashkent State visit and attendance to the 16th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.5Phnom Penh Dhaka Benaulim (Goa) State visit and attendance to the 8th BRICS summit.6Quito Lima State visit and attendance to the APEC Peru 2016.Santiago Gran Canaria
2017 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Bern, Davos State visit and attendance to the World Economic Forum, 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. During the visit, Xi also visited the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee.2Helsinki Palm Beach, Florida Met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, although this was not considered a formal state visit.3Astana State visit and attendance to the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Expo 2017.4Moscow Berlin, HamburgState visit and attendance to the 12th G20 summit.5HanoiState visit and attendance to the APEC Vietnam 2017.VientianeState visit
2018 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Abu Dhabi Dakar Kigali Xi and Peng Liyuan met with President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette Kagame. First visit by a Chinese paramount leader.Pretoria, Johannesburg State visit and attendance to 10th BRICS summit.Port Louis2Vladivostok Attendance to the 4th Eastern Economic Forum.3Port Moresby State visit and attendance to the APEC Papua New Guinea 2018.Bandar Seri Begawan Manila State visit4Madrid 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.Buenos Aires State visit and attendance to the 13th G20 summit.Panama City Lisbon
2019 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1RomeState visit.MonacoMet with Albert II, Prince of Monaco.NiceParisState visit.2MoscowSt. PetersburgState visit and attendance to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.3BishkekState visit and attendance to the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.DushanbeState visit and attendance to the meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.4PyongyangState visit. First Chinese leader to visit North Korea since his predecessor Hu Jintao's visit in 2005. See Kim–Xi meetings.5OsakaAttendance to the 14th G20 summit. Met with U.S. President Donald Trump.6Chennai MahabalipuramInformal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.KathmanduState visit.7AthensState visit.BrasíliaAttendance to the 11th BRICS summit. Met with President Jair Bolsonaro.
2020 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Nay Pyi TawState visit. Met President Win Myint, State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi and military leader Min Aung Hlaing. Between 2020 and 2022, Xi paused foreign travel, speculated to be due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 DatesCountryLocationsDetails Image1Nur-SultanState visit. Xi's first visit outside China since January 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Met with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.SamarkandState visit and attendance to 2022 Samarkand SCO summit. Met with Central Asian leaders as well as Russian president Vladimir Putin, his first since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022.2BaliAttendance to the 17th G20 summit. Met numerous world leaders including the US president Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol.BangkokState visit and attendance to the APEC Thailand 2022. Met with leaders including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and US Vice President Kamala Harris.3RiyadhState 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. 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.
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