List of international trips made by Xi Jinping

This is a list of international trips made by Xi Jinping, 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 general secretaryship 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: Morocco, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Egypt, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Singapore, Brunei, Laos, Thailand, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Hungary.
• Two visits to: Argentina, Cambodia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, and Spain.
• Three visits to: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
• Four visits to: South Africa and Vietnam.
• Five visits to: France and the United States
• Six visits to: Kazakhstan
• Eleven visits to: Russia.

World map highlighting countries visited by Xi Jinping during his leadership, as of September 2025.

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2013

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	22–24 March	Russia	Moscow	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.[1] Met with Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin to discuss enhancement of inter-parliamentary ties between China and Russia.[2] Met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to discuss increased military ties between China and Russia.[3] Met with Russian Minister of Far East Development Viktor Ishayev to discuss increased economic cooperation in the Russian Far East.[4]
	24–25 March	Tanzania	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.[5] Met with President of Zanzibar Ali Mohamed Shein to discuss bilateral ties.[6]
	25–29 March	South Africa	Pretoria, Durban	State visit and attendance to the 5th BRICS summit.[7][8]
	29–30 March	Republic of the Congo	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.[9][8]
2	31 May–2 June	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	Costa Rica	San José	[14]
	4–7 June	Mexico	Mexico City	[15]
	7–9 June	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	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	Russia	Saint Petersburg	State visit and attendance to the 8th G20 summit.[20]
	6–7 September	Kazakhstan	Astana	[21]
	8–9 September	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	[22][23]
	10–13 September	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	State visit and attendance to the 13th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.[24]
4	2 October	Indonesia	Jakarta	[25]
	3–5 October	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	[26]
	5–8 October	Indonesia	Bali	25th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.[27]

2014

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	6–8 February	Russia	Sochi	Attendance to the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.[28]
2	22–25 March	Netherlands	Amsterdam, The Hague	State visit and attendance to the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit.[29][30]
	25–27 March	France	Lyon	[31][32]
	27–29 March	Germany	Berlin	[32][33]
	30 March–1 April	Belgium	Brussels	State visit[34][32]
3	3–4 July	South Korea	Seoul	State visit. Met with President Park Geun-hye.[35]
4	14–16 July	Brazil	Fortaleza, Brasília	State visit and attendance to the 6th BRICS summit.[36][37]
	19-20 July	Argentina	Buenos Aires	State visit[37]
	20-21 July	Venezuela	Caracas	State visit[37]
	21-23 July	Cuba	Havana	State visit[37]
5	21–22 August	Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	State visit
6	11–14 September	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	State visit and attendance to 14th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.[38]
	14–16 September	Maldives	Malé	[39]
	16–17 September	Sri Lanka	Colombo	[40]
	17–19 September	India	New Delhi Ahmedabad	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	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 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).[44]
	19–21 November	New Zealand	Auckland	[45]
	21–23 November	Fiji	Nadi	[46][47]

2015

Xi with his spouse during the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade

Xi delivering an address to both Houses of Parliament inside Westminster, 21 October 2015

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	20–21 April	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	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	Kazakhstan	Astana	Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.[51][52]
	8–9 May	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	Belarus	Minsk	State visit. Met with President Alexander Lukashenko.[54]
3	8–11 July	Russia	Ufa	Attendance to the 7th BRICS summit and the 15th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
4	22–28 September	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	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. Longest visit ever made by Xi Jinping 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.[59]
6	5–6 November	Vietnam	Hanoi	State visit.[60]
	6–7 November	Singapore	Singapore	State visit and First Ma–Xi meeting.[60]
7	14–16 November	Turkey	Antalya	State visit and attendance to 10th G20 summit.[61]
	17–19 November	Philippines	Manila	27th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.[62]
8	29–30 November	France	Paris	Attendance to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[63]
	30 November–1 December	Zimbabwe	Harare	[64]
	2–5 December	South Africa	Pretoria, Johannesburg	[65][66]

2016

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	19–20 January	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	[67]
	20–21 January	Egypt	Cairo	[68]
	22 January	Iran	Tehran	[69]
2	28–29 March	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.[70] His visit was met by a considerable number of protests by Czechs.[71][72]
3	31 March–1 April	United States	Washington D.C.	Attendance to the 4th Nuclear Security Summit.[73]
4	18 June	Serbia	Belgrade	[74]
	20 June	Poland	Warsaw	[75]
	21–24 June	Uzbekistan	Bukhara, Tashkent	State visit and attendance to the 16th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.[76]
5	13 October	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	[77]
	14 October	Bangladesh	Dhaka	[78]
	15 October	India	Benaulim (Goa)	State visit and attendance to the 8th BRICS summit.[79]
6	17 November	Ecuador	Quito	[80]
	19–21 November	Peru	Lima	State visit and attendance to the 28th meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.[81]
	22-23 November	Chile	Santiago	[82]
	24 November	Spain	Gran Canaria	[83]

2017

United States President Donald Trump with Xi Jinping in Hamburg, Germany, 8 July 2017.

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	16–17 January	Switzerland	Bern, Davos	State visit and attendance to the World Economic Forum,[84][85] 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.[86][87][88] During the visit, Xi also visited the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee.[88]
2	5 April	Finland	Helsinki	[89]
	6–9 April	United States	Palm Beach, Florida	Hosted by President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.[90]
3	7 June	Kazakhstan	Astana	State visit and attendance to the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Expo 2017.[91]
4	3 July	Russia	Moscow	[92]
	4–8 July	Germany	Berlin, Hamburg	State visit and attendance to the 12th G20 summit.[93]
5	10–12 November	Vietnam	Hanoi	State visit and attendance to APEC Vietnam 2017.[94]
	13–14 November	Laos	Vientiane	State visit[95]

2018

United States President Donald Trump with Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1 December 2018

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	20 July	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	[96]
	21 July	Senegal	Dakar	[97]
	22 July	Rwanda	Kigali	Xi and Peng Liyuan met with President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette Kagame. First visit by a Chinese paramount leader.[98]
	24–27 July	South Africa	Pretoria, Johannesburg	State visit and attendance to 10th BRICS summit.[99]
	27 July	Mauritius	Port Louis	[100]
2	11–13 September	Russia	Vladivostok	Attendance to the 4th Eastern Economic Forum.[101]
3	16–17 November	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	State visit and attendance to APEC Papua New Guinea 2018.[102][103]
	18–20 November	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	[104][105]
	20–21 November	Philippines	Manila	State visit[106]
4	27–29 November	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.[107]
	30 November–1 December	Argentina	Buenos Aires	State visit and attendance to the 13th G20 summit.[108]
	3 December	Panama	Panama City	[109]
	4–5 December	Portugal	Lisbon	[110]

2019

United States President Donald Trump with Xi Jinping in Osaka, Japan, 29 June 2019

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	22–24 March	Italy	Rome	See 2019 Xi Jinping Italy and France visit
	24 March	Monaco	Monaco	Met with Albert II, Prince of Monaco
	24–26 March	France	Nice Paris	See 2019 Xi Jinping Italy and France visit
2	5–8 June	Russia	Moscow St. Petersburg	State visit and attendance to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
3	12–14 June	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	State visit and attendance to the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
	14–16 June	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	State visit and attendance to the meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia.[111][112]
4	20–21 June	North Korea	Pyongyang	State visit. First Chinese leader to visit North Korea since his predecessor Hu Jintao's visit in 2004.[113] See Kim–Xi meetings.[114]
5	27–29 June	Japan	Osaka	Attendance to the 14th G20 summit. Met with U.S. President Donald Trump.[115]
6	11–12 October	India	Chennai Mahabalipuram	Informal summit with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
	12–13 October	Nepal	Kathmandu	State visit.
7	10–12 November	Greece	Athens	State visit.
	12–14 November	Brazil	Brasília	Attendance to the 11th BRICS summit. Met with President Jair Bolsonaro.

2020

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	17–18 January	Myanmar	Nay Pyi Taw	State visit. Met President Win Myint, State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi and military leader Min Aung Hlaing.[116]

Between 2020 and 2022, Xi paused foreign travel, speculated to be due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[117]

2022

United States President Joe Biden with Xi Jinping in Bali, Indonesia, 14 November 2022

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	14 September	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.[118]
	14–16 September	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.[119][120]
2	14–17 November	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[121] and South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol.[122][123]
	17–19 November	Thailand	Bangkok	State visit and attendance to APEC Thailand 2022. Met with leaders including Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida,[124] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern,[125] Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha[126] and US Vice President Kamala Harris.[127]
3	7–10 December	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.[128] 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.[129]

2023

United States President Joe Biden with Xi Jinping in San Francisco, United States, 15 November 2023

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	20–22 March	Russia	Moscow	State visit. Second meeting with Putin after the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[130][131] 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.[132] During the visit, Xi met with Putin, as well as Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.[133] Putin and Xi signed a joint statement vowing to expand ties, and officially promoted a new "multipolar world".[132]
2	21–24 August	South Africa	Pretoria Johannesburg	State visit and attendance to the 15th BRICS summit.[134] Met with various BRICS leaders, as well as various leaders from the African continent.[135]
3	14–17 November	United States	San Francisco	Attendance to the US-China leader summit and APEC United States 2023.[136]
4	12–13 December	Vietnam	Hanoi	State visit.[137]

2024

United States President Joe Biden with Xi Jinping in Lima, Peru, 16 November 2024

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	5–7 May	France	Paris Tarbes	State visit. Met with French president Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.[138]
	7–8 May	Serbia	Belgrade	State visit[138]
	8–10 May	Hungary	Budapest	State visit[138]
2	2–4 July	Kazakhstan	Astana	State visit and attendance to the 2024 SCO summit.[139]
	4–6 July	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	State visit[139]
3	22–24 October	Russia	Kazan	Attendance to the 16th BRICS summit.
4	14–17 November	Peru	Lima	Attendance to the APEC Peru 2024.[140] State visit.
	17–21 November	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro & Brasília	Attendance to the 19th G20 summit. State visit.[141]
	21–22 November	Morocco	Casablanca	Meets Crown Prince, head of government and other officials.[142]

2025

	Dates	Country	Locations	Details
1	14–15 April	Vietnam	Hanoi	State visit[143]
	15–17 April	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	State visit[144]
	17–18 April	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	State visit[145]
2	7–10 May	Russia	Moscow	State visit and participation in the festivities commemorating the 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[146]
3	16–18 June	Kazakhstan	Astana	State visit and participation in the 2025 China–Central Asia Summit.

Multilateral meetings

Group	Year
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
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	15–16 November, Lima	31 October-1 November, Gyeongju
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	22–24 October, Kazan	6–7 July,[a] Rio de Janeiro
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	18–19 November, Rio de Janeiro	November 22–23, Johannesburg
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	2–4 July, Astana	31 August–1 September, Tianjin
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend ██ = Video conference ^a Premier Li Qiang attended in the President's place.

See also

• List of international premieral trips made by Li Qiang
• List of international premieral trips made by Li Keqiang
• List of international trips made by Hu Jintao
• List of international trips made by Jiang Zemin