Xi returns to Beijing after attending Eastern Economic Forum

BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing Wednesday evening after attending the Fourth Eastern Economic Forum held in the city of Vladivostok, Russia.

Before leaving Vladivostok, Xi also visited a photo exhibition of trade and economic cooperation between China and Russia with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Xi's entourage returned to Beijing with him, including Ding Xuexiang, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee; State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi; and He Lifeng, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head of the National Development and Reform Commission.