Chinese President Xi Jinping left for Pyongyang, North Korea, on the 8th, Chinese state media said.
According to China Central Television (CCTV), the presidential plane carrying Xi departed Beijing for Pyongyang at about 10 a.m. local time that day. His wife Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and director of the General Office of the Central Committee, and Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, accompanied him.
Xi will make a two-day, one-night state visit to North Korea through the 9th. The visit was made at the invitation of Kim Jong-un, chairperson of North Korea's State Affairs Commission. It is his first overseas trip of the year and his first visit to North Korea in seven years, and their first meeting in nine months since China's Victory Day military parade in September last year.
Xi is expected to arrive at Pyongyang's Sunan Airport, be greeted by Chairperson Kim, move to downtown Pyongyang for an official welcome ceremony, and hold a summit. The two leaders are expected to discuss the development of North Korea–China relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The Kumsusan State Guesthouse, North Korea's representative state guest accommodation, is being mentioned as the place where Xi will stay.