China's Minister of National Defense Chang Wanquan speaks at news conference following a meeting with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon in Washington August 19, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
Sept 3 to 13: Pay state visits to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Sept 5 to 6: Attend the eighth Leaders' Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) in St. Petersburg.
Sept 13: Attend the 13th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.