On the afternoon of December 16, 2009, at the invitation of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing by special plane to attend the leaders' meeting of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on Dec. 17 and 18.

Wen's entourage includes Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Ping, Director of the Research Office of the State Council Xie Fuzhan, and Vice Secretary-General of the State Council & Director of the Premier's Office Qiu Xiaoxiong.