On the morning of September 16, 2019, Premier Li Keqiang left Beijing by a special plane for St. Petersburg to pay an official visit to Russia and hold the 24th regular meeting between Chinese Premier and Russian Prime Minister at the invitation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Premier Li Keqiang's wife Cheng Hong, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other delegation members left Beijing by the same plane.