President Xi Jinping will pay a five-day state visit to the United Kingdom from Monday at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. It will be the first official visit by a Chinese president for a decade.
Invited by Queen Elizabeth II, Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first official state visit to the UK starting from Oct 19. The visit has generated great attention in the British community and Xi will meet with people from different walks of life and also his old friends.
The Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch.
President Xi arrived home on Tuesday ahead of National Day, wrapping up his first state visit to the US, where he also made a first appearance at the UN headquarters.
First lady Peng Liyuan appealed on Monday for greater efforts to promote cultural and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States.
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