On the morning of September 8, 2005, at the invitations of Canadian Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and Mexican President Vicente Fox, Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing on his special plane to pay state visits to the above-mentioned two countries and attend the Summit on the 60th Anniversary of the UN to be held in New York

Among those who accompanied President Hu Jintao on the visits were his wife Liu Yongqing, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Director of the State Development and Reform Commission Ma Kai, Director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Huning, Deputy Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Ling Jihua, Vice-Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Vice Minister of Commerce Ma Xiuhong, Director of the Office of President Hu Jintao Chen Shiju and Assistant Foreign Minister Shen Guofang.