On the morning of March 28, 2016, President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane, for state visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of President Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic, and attendance at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Washington D.C. at the invitation of President Barack Obama of the US.

Those who accompanied Xi Jinping included Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Huning, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Li Zhanshu, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and others.