[Xi Jinping Departs Beijing for State Visit to North Korea] On the morning of June 8, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China, departed Beijing by special plane for a state visit to North Korea at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Accompanying him on the trip were: General Secretary Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan (wife of the President), Cai Qi (member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee), Wang Yi (member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs), and others.
