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PBSC Week in Review
Xi Jinping

 

 Sep 28 Xi addressed the general debate of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.

Full text (in Chinese).

 
    Xi attended and spoke at the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping at the UN.

 
    Xi met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
    Xi met with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
    Xi met with Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen.

 
    Xi flew back to Beijing.

 
  Sep 27 Xi attended and spoke at the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Full text (in Chinese).

 
    Xi attended a luncheon and meeting on climate change hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the UN Headquarters in New York.

 
    Xi met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

 
    Xi met with Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma.

 
    Xi attended the presentation ceremony to give the “Zun of Peace” to the UN as a gift.

 
  Sep 26 Xi spoke at the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda Summit.

Full text (in Chinese).

 
    Xi co-hosted the High-level Rountable on South-South Cooperation at the United Nations.

 
    Xi met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon.

 
    Xi met with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in New York.

 
    Xi met with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

 
  Sep 25 Xi held talks with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.

 
    Xi and President Obama held a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C.

 
    Xi attended a banquet jointly held by U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry.

 
    Xi met with leaders of the two houses of the United States Congress.

 
    Xi attended a welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C.

 
    Xi and Peng Liyuan attended a welcome banquet hosted by President Obama.

 
  Sept 24 Xi visited Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington.

 
    Xi met with United States President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C.

 
  Sep 23 Xi attended a roundtable with 15 US CEOs and 15 Chinese CEOs in Seattle, Washington.

 
    Xi visited Boeing’s headquarters and toured its Everett factory.

 
    Xi toured Microsoft’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

 
  Sep 22 Xi chaired the Third U.S.-China Governors Forum in Seattle, Washington.

 
    Xi delivered a speech at a welcome banquet jointly hosted by Washington State government and friendly communities in Seattle, Washington.
  Sep 21 Xi sent a congratulatory message to the 10th plenary session of the China-Russia Friendship Committee for Peace and Development.

 
     
  Sep 28 Li met with European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen.

Katainen in Beijing for 5th China-EU High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue.

 
Li Keqiang

 

 Sep 25 Li returned to Beijing.
  Sep 24 Li spoke with staff members of Fresh & Easy Holdings Group in Henan Province, China.

 
    Li visited Henan Bonded Logistics Center in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
  Sep 23 Li chaired an executive meeting of the State Council.

The State Council heard a report of investigation results concerning government officials’ dereliction of duty; the meeting also decied to streamline central pricing catalogues and speed up construction of electric car recharging facilities and city parking lots.

 
    Li spoke to workers at a Luoyang Mining Machinery Group plant in Luoyang, Henan, on an inspection tour of Henan.

 
  Sep 22 Li chaired a meeting on the investigation of the Tianjin explosions.

 
    Li chaired a meeting on streamlining business practices.

 
    Li met with Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.

 
  Sep 21 Li met with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.

 
  Sep 18 Li chaired a meeting on SOE reform and development.

 
    Li met with French Finance Minster Michel Sapin.

 
Zhang Dejiang    
Yu Zhengsheng   Yu visited Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang.

Only Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in the country.

 
  Sep 27 Yu and his delegation met with Uighur families in Sache County of Kashgar, Xinjiang.

 
  Sep 26 Yu and his delegation met with local officials, representatives of people from all walks of life and cadres in Kashgar, Xinjiang.
    Yu sent a letter of congratulations to the 13th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Forum.

 
  Sep 25 Yu visited the Islamic Theology Academy and Xinjiang University.

 
    Yu visited the Urumqi Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery.

 
    Yu arrived in Xinjiang with a delegation ahead of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Xinjiang.
  Sep 23 Yu attended the 5th National Work Conference on pairing assistance projects for Xinjiang.

 
  Sep 21 Yu was elected chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification.

 
    Yu met a delegation of representatives from the European People’s Party.

 
Liu Yunshan Sep 22 Liu held a media cooperation forum on the One Belt, One Road initiative.

 
  Sep 21 Liu attended a symposium on the “three stricts and three earnests”.

 
Wang Qishan Sep 25 Wang spoke at a seminar on code of conduct in Gutian, Shandong during an inspection tour to Fujian Province.

 
  Sep 23 Wang spoke at the discipline inspection and supervision of cadres symposium.

 
Zhang Gaoli Sep 23 Zhang attended the 5th National Work Conference on pairing assistance projects for Xinjiang.

 


 

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