Photo taken on Jan. 14, 2020 shows the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Friday for a state visit to Myanmar.
Xi is paying the visit at the invitation of Myanmar's President U Win Myint.
Xi's entourage includes Ding Xuexiang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee; State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi; and He Lifeng, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head of the National Development and Reform Commission. ■
