Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves for G20, APEC summits

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing today for the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

After the G20 summit, Xi will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting from November 17 to 19 in Manila at the invitation of Philippine President Benigno S Aquino III.

Xi's entourage includes Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), Director of the Policy Research Office of the party Wang Yang and other officials, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.