On the morning of August 30, 2026, President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek, and pay a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt upon the invitation of President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt.

Xi Jinping’s entourage includes Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping; Cai Qi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; and Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs.