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BEIJING, Sept. 22 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Tuesday afternoon for hisU.S. visit and attendance at a series UN summits.
Xi will pay the state visit to the United States from Sept. 22 to 25 at the invitation of U.S.President Barack Obama.
At the invitation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Xi will visit the UN headquartersin New York to attend a series summits to commemorate the 70th anniversary of theestablishment
of the United Nations from Sept. 26 to 28.
Xi\'s entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan; Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureauof the Communist Party of China (CPC)
Central Committee and director of the PolicyResearch Office of the CPC Central Committee; Li Zhanshu, member of the Political Bureauof
the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committeeand director of the General Office of the CPC Central
Committee; and State Councilor YangJiechi.