BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Thursday for the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju and a state visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) at the invitation of ROK President Lee Jae-myung.

Xi's entourage includes 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, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and foreign minister, and He Lifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier.