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President Xi leaves for visit to Finland, meeting with Trump in U.S.

Xinhua, April 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Tuesday afternoon for a state visit to Finland before travelling to Florida, the United States for the China-U.S. presidents' meeting at Mar-a-Lago.

At the invitation of President Sauli Niinisto of Finland and President Donald Trump of the United States, Xi is scheduled to visit Finland from April 4 to 6 and meet with Trump from April 6 to 7, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced earlier.

Xi's entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan; Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Yang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier; Li Zhanshu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; and State Councilor Yang Jiechi. Endi