Chinese leader leaves for state visits to France, Serbia, Hungary

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Sunday morning for state visits to France, Serbia and Hungary at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Aleksandar Vučić of Serbia, and President Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary, according to China Daily newspaper.

Xi’s entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and foreign minister.