November18:ChinesePresidentXiJinpingandEcuadorianPresidentRafaelCorreajointlyinauguratetheCocaCodoSinclair(CCS)hydroelectricplantbuiltbyaChinesecompany.byMaZhancheng/Xinhua
November21:ChinesePresidentXiJinpingholdstalkswithPeruvianPresidentPedroPabloKuczynskiinLima.byPangXinglei/Xinhua
November2:PremierLiKeqiangarrivesinBishkekforanofficialvisittoKyrgyzstanandthe15thprimeministers'meetingoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO).byZhuangDuo/Xinhua
November3:PremierLiKeqiangspeaksatthe15thprimeministers'meetingoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO).byLiuZhen/ChinaNewsService
November4:PremierLiKeqiangatawelcomingceremonybeforetalkswithLatvianPrimeMinisterMarisKucinskis.byLiuZhen/ChinaNewsService
January19:PresidentXiJinpingholdstalkswithSaudiKingSalmanbinAbdulazizAlSaudinRiyadh,capitalofSaudiArabia.byJuPeng/XinhuaOnJanuary19,XiJinpingvisitedSaudiArabia,EgyptandIran.Thiswashisfirsttripof2016andfirstvisittotheMiddleEastsincethe18thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC).Touringfourcitiesinfivedays,XielaboratedthecoreofChina’sMiddleEastpoliciesandsigned52documentsoncooperation.
OnMarch31,XiJinpingmetwithhisU.S.counterpartBarackObamaattheWalterE.WashingtonConventionCenter.Ajointstatementonnuclearsecuritycooperationandajointpresidentialstatementonclimatechangewerereleased.
FromMarch31toApril1,PresidentXiattendedthe4thNuclearSecuritySummitheldinWashingtonD.C.,whereheelaboratedChina’spolicies,introducedChina’sprogressonnuclearsecurityandannouncedChina’supgradednuclearsecurityinitsownfacilitiesandprogressoninternationalcooperation.
XiJinpingvisitedtheCzechRepublicfromMarch28to30,thefirstvisitbyaChineseheadofstateinthe67yearssincethetwocountriesestablisheddiplomaticties.ItwasalsoXi’sfirstvisittoCentralandEasternEurope.
FromNovember2to9,LiKeqiangvisitedKyrgyzstan,Kazakhstan,Latvia,andRussia.Duringthetrip,heattendedseveralinternationalmeetingsincludingthe15thSCOprimeministers'meeting.
OnJune24,XiJinpingattendedthe16thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofStateoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO).ThisgatheringexaminedthemajoroutcomesoftheSCOsinceitsestablishment15yearsago.ParticipantsexchangedviewsonthedevelopmentoftheSCOandmajorinternationalandregionalissues,reachingabroadconsensus.
PresidentXivisitedSerbia,PolandandUzbekistanonatripthatstartedonJune17.Chinaestablishedacomprehensivestrategicpartnershipwiththosethreecountries,markingmoreprogressontheBeltandRoadInitiative.
FromJuly13to14,PremierLiKeqiangvisitedMongolia.Thetwocountriessigned15documentsoncooperationinmanysectors.
OnNovember3,duringameetingwithLiKeqiang,KyrgyzPresidentAlmazbekAtambayevexpressedhiscountry'sgratitudetoChina,sayingthatasagenuinefriend,ChinaofferedKyrgyzstanhelpwithoutpoliticalstrings,solelytopromotestabilityanddevelopment.Ajointcommuniquébetweenthetwocountrieswasreleased,andseveralcooperationdocumentsonmanyfieldsweresigned.
October15:ChinesePresidentXiJinping,BrazilianPresidentMichelTemer,RussianPresidentVladimirPutin,IndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModiandSouthAfricanPresidentJacobZumahaveagroupphotowiththecaptainsoffootballteamsparticipatinginthe2016BRICSU-17FootballCupinGoa,India.byYaoDawei/XinhuaOnNovember5,LiKeqiangattendedthe5thSummitofChinaandCentralandEasternEuropeanCountriesinRiga,Latvia.Liannouncedfourprinciplesthatserveaspillarsofthe“16+1”planaswellasfivepropositionsonpragmaticcooperation.Afterthesummit,participantssignedmanycooperationdocuments.
FromNovember16to25,XiJinpingvisitedEcuador,Peru,andChileandattendedthe24thAPECEconomicLeaders'Meeting.AftertalksbetweenXiandhisPeruviancounterpart,thosetwocountriessignedaninter-governmentaljointactionplanforcooperationin2016-2021.ChinaandChileagreedtoliftbilateraltiestoacomprehensivestrategicpartnership.
AttheAPECsummitonNovember20,XiJinpingdeliveredakeynotespeech,highlightingopeneconomics,inter-connectivityandglobalgrowth.
OnNovember6,LiKeqiangco-chairedthe21stRegularMeetingbetweentheChinesePremierandtheRussianPrimeMinisterwithPrimeMinisterDmitryMedvedevofRussiainSt.Petersburg.PremierLiandPrimeMinisterMedvedevheardaworkreportfromthefourbilateralcooperationmechanismsincludingtheChina-RussiaCommitteeonHumanitiesCooperation,theCommitteeonRegularMeetingsbetweentheChinesePremierandtheRussianPrimeMinister,theChina-RussiaInvestmentCooperationCommitteeandtheChina-RussiaEnergyCooperationCommittee,exchangingin-depthviewsonfuturecooperation.
FromOctober15to17,XiJinpingattendedtheBRICSSummitheldinGoa,India.XicalledforthealignmentoftheBeltandRoadInitiativeandtheBayofBengalInitiativeforMulti-SectoralTechnicalandEconomicCooperation(BIMSTEC)toadvanceinfrastructureconstructionandstriveforcommondevelopment.
FromSeptember25to27,LiKeqiangvisitedCuba,thefirstofficialvisittothecountrybyaChinesepremier.HeheldtalkswithCubanPresidentRaulCastroandalsometwithCubanrevolutionaryleaderFidelCastro.
FromOctober13to14,XiJinpingvisitedCambodiaandBangladesh.ChinaandCambodiaagreedtoaligntheBeltandRoadInitiativewithCambodia’sRectangularStrategy.ChinaandBangladeshvowedtopromoteconnectivitythroughtheBeltandRoadInitiativeandtheBangladesh,China,IndiaandMyanmar(BCIM)EconomicCorridor.
FromSeptember6to9,LiKeqiangvisitedLaosandattendedthe19thASEAN-ChinaSummit.Theyear2016markedthe55thanniversaryoftheestablishmentofdiplomatictiesbetweenChinaandLaos.Atotalof20documentsoncooperationinmanysectorsweresignedandajointcommuniquéwasissued.
FromSeptember23to24,LiKeqiangvisitedCanada,wherehemetwithCanadianPrimeMinisterJustinTrudeauandattendedthe6thChina-CanadaBusinessForum.
FromSeptember19to22,LiKeqiangattendedseveralhigh-levelmeetingsoftheUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyanddeliveredaspeechatthe71stSessionoftheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly.
LiKeqiangattendedthe11thAsia-EuropeMeeting(ASEM)summitfromJuly15to16anddeliveredaspeech.ThesummitconcludedwiththeUlaanbaatarDeclarationandtheChair’sStatement,markingtheculminationof20yearsofworkonEurasiancooperationwithavowofevendeeperpragmaticcooperation.
OnthemorningofSeptember7,LiKeqiangattendedthe19thASEAN-ChinaSummit,duringwhichheexpoundedChina’sstanceontheSouthChinaSeaissue.Lialsoattendedthe19thASEANPlusChina,JapanandROKSummit.Heunderlinedtheimportanceofpragmaticcooperationunderthisframeworkandofsafeguardingregionalpeaceandstability.
July13:ChinesePremierLiKeqiangarrivesinUlaanbaatarforanofficialvisittoMongoliaandtoattendthe11thAsia-EuropeMeeting(ASEM)summit.byPangXinglei/Xinhua