President's historic journey to the west
Xi Jinping's state visit to the united states, with first lady Peng Liyuan, spanned from the corridors of the tech industry to the halls of the White House
President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to the United States from Sept 22 to 25, which included negotiations between the world's top two economies on a variety of key issues. The visit took Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan to the high-tech hub of Seattle, where Xi reached out to a wide range of US society including business leaders, students and local officials, and then to Washington, DC. Next, Xi spent three days in New York City attending summits at the United Nations headquarters to mark the 70th anniversary of the global body's founding.
| Children welcome President Xi Jinping at the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept 25. Lan Hongguang / Xinhua |
| President Xi addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept 26. Liu Weibing / Xinhua |
| China's first lady Peng Liyuan kisses a girl from the Yu Ying Public Charter School during a visit to the Smithsonian's National Zoo. She was accompanied by US first lady Michelle Obama in Washington, DC, on Sept 25. Carlos Barria / Reuters |
(China Daily European Weekly 10/01/2015 page4)
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