BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Thursday morning for state visit to the Republic of Korea at the invitation of President Park Geun-hye.
Xi's entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan; Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; Li Zhanshu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; and State Councilor Yang Jiechi.