List of international trips made by Hu Jintao explained

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Hu Jintao, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the 6th President of the People's Republic of China. Hu Jintao made international trips to 69 countries during his presidency from 2003 to 2013.

Summary

The number of visits per country where he has travelled are:

• One visit to: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Gabon, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Hungary, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, Zambia.
• Two visits to: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Germany, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
• Three visits to: Japan and the United Kingdom.
• Four visits to: France and South Korea.
• Seven visits to: Kazakhstan and the United States.
• Nine visits to: Russia.

2003

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Moscow Saint Petersburg		State visit.
	Lausanne		Briefly stopped for transfit. Met with Swiss President Pascal Couchepin.^[1]
	Évian-les-Bains		Attended North-South Leaders’ Informal Dialogue Meeting. Met with US President George W. Bush, French President Jacques Chirac, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge.
	Astana		State visit. Met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Prime Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov.^[2]
	Ulaanbaatar		State visit. Met with Mongolian President Natsagiin Bagabandi and Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar.^[3]
	Bangkok		Attended the 11th APEC meeting.^[4]
	Sydney Canberra		State visit. Met with Australian Governor-General Peter Hollingworth, Prime Minister John Howard, New South Wales Governor Marie Bashir, New South Wales Premier Bob Carr, and Labor Party leader Simon Crean. Gave a speech at the Parliament of Australia.
	Wellington Auckland		State visit. Met with New Zealand Governor-General Silvia Cartwright, Prime Minister Helen Clark, and National Party leader Bill English.

2004

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Paris		State visit. Met with President Jacques Chirac and laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Also met with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Senate President Christian Poncelet. Delivered a speech at the National Assembly.^[5]
	Cairo		State visit. Met with President Hosni Mubarak and the Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, as well as representatives from 22 members of the Arab League. Announced the formation of the China–Arab States Cooperation Forum.
	Libreville		State visit. Met with President Omar Bongo and delivered a speech at the Parliament of Gabon.
	Algiers		State visit. Met with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Ali Benflis.
	Warsaw		State visit. Met with President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Prime Minister Marek Belka, Sejm Marshal Józef Oleksy, and Senate Marshal Longin Pastusiak.^[6]
	Budapest		State visit. Met with President Ferenc Mádl.^[7]
	Constanța Bucharest		State visit. Met with President Ion Iliescu.^[8]
	Tashkent		State visit. Met with President Islam Karimov. Also attended a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.^[9]
	Porto		Arrived as a stopover before his trip to Latin America. Met with Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes.^[10]
	Brasília		State visit. Met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Federal Senate President José Sarney, and Chamber of Deputies President João Paulo Cunha. Also gave a speech at the National Congress.^[11]
	Buenos Aires		State visit. Met with President Néstor Kirchner and Buenos Aires Mayor Aníbal Ibarra.^[12]
	Santiago		Attended the 12th APEC meeting.
	Havana		State visit. Met with Council of State President Fidel Castro and Council of State First Vice President Raúl Castro.^[13]
	Gran Canaria		Stopped at Spain at the end of the trip to Latin America. Met with Crown Prince Felipe.^[14]

2005

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Bandar Seri Begawan		State visit.^[15]
	Jakarta		State visit.
	Manila		State visit.
	Moscow		Attended the 2005 Moscow Victory Day Parade.^[16]
	Astana		State visit.^[17]
	Prestwick		Attended the first summit of G8+5.^[18]
	Ottawa		State visit. Met with Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson and Prime Minister Paul Martin.^[19]
	Mexico City		State visit. Met with President Vicente Fox.^[20]
	New York City		Visited the United Nations General Assembly. Met with US President George W. Bush.^[21]
	Pyongyang		Official goodwill visit. Met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.^[22]
	Hanoi		Official goodwill visit. Met with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh and President Trần Đức Lương.^[23]
	London		State visit. Met with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair.^[24]
	Berlin		State visit. Met with President Horst Köhler and Chancellor Angela Merkel.^[25]
	Madrid		State visit. Met with King Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.^[26]
	Seoul Busan		Attended the 13th APEC meeting. Met with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and gave a speech at the National Assembly.

2006

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Seattle New Haven
	Dammam Riyadh		State visit. Met with King Abdullah and gave a speech to the Consultative Assembly.^[27]
	Casablanca Rabat		State visit. Met with King Mohammed VI.^[28]
	Abuja		State visit. Met with President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senate President Ken Nnamani, and House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Bello Masari. Also gave a speech at the National Assembly.^[29]
	Almaty
	Saint Petersburg
	Hanoi		Attended the 14th APEC meeting.^[30]
	Vientiane		State visit.
	New Delhi		State visit. Met with President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.^[31]
	Islamabad Lahore		State visit. Met with President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.^[32]

2007

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Dubai		Met with UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.^[33]
	Yaoundé		State visit. Met with President Paul Biya, Prime Minister Ephraïm Inoni,^[34] and National Assembly President Cavayé Yéguié Djibril.^[35]
	Monrovia		State visit. Met with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.^[36]
	Khartoum		State visit. Met with President Omar al-Bashir.^[37]
	Lusaka		State visit. Met with President Levy Mwanawasa.^[38]
	Windhoek		State visit. Met with President Hifikepunye Pohamba.^[39]
	Pretoria		State visit. Met with President Thabo Mbeki.^[40]
	Maputo		State visit. Met with President Armando Guebuza.^[41]
	Victoria		State visit. Met with President James Michel.^[42]
	Moscow
	Berlin Heiligendamm Rostock		State visit.
	Stockholm		State visit.
	Bishkek		State visit. Met with President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Also attended a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.^[43]
	Chelyabinsk		Visited to observe a SCO counterterrorism drill.^[44]
	Astana		State visit. Met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev.^[45]
	Sydney Canberra		Attended the 15th APEC meeting.

2008

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Tokyo Osaka		State visit.
	Tōyako Sapporo		Attended the summit of G8+5.
	Seoul		State visit.
	Dushanbe		State visit. Met with President Emomali Rahmon. Also attended a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.^[46]
	Ashgabat		State visit. Met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and laid a wreath at the Niyazov Memorial Hall.^[47]
	Washington, D.C.		Attended the G20 summit.
	San José		State visit. Met with President Óscar Arias.^[48]
	Havana		State visit. Met with Communist Party of Cuba First Secretary Fidel Castro and Council of State President Raúl Castro.^[49]
	Lima		State visit. Met with President Alan Garcia. Also attended the 16th APEC meeting.^[50]
	Athens Crete		State visit. Met with President Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, and Parliament Speaker Dimitris Sioufas. Also visited a agricultural cooperative in Crete.^[51]

2009

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Riyadh		State visit. Met with King Abdullah and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al-Attiya.^[52]
	Bamako		State visit. Met with President Amadou Toumani Touré.^[53]
	Dakar		State visit. Met with President Abdoulaye Wade.^[54]
	Dar es Salaam		State visit. Met with President Jakaya Kikwete and Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume.^[55]
	Port Louis		State visit. Met with Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and President Anerood Jugnauth.^[56]
	London		Attended the G20 summit.
	Yekaterinburg Moscow		Attended a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Also attended the 1st BRIC summit.
	Bratislava		State visit. Met with President Ivan Gašparovič and Prime Minister Robert Fico.^[57]
	Zagreb		State visit. Met with President Stjepan Mesić, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Parliament Speaker Luka Bebić.^[58]
	Milan		State visit. Originally scheduled to attend the summit of G8+5 but returned early due to the Ürümqi riots.^[59]
	Pittsburgh New York City		Visited the United Nations General Assembly. Met with US President Barack Obama. Attended the G20 summit.
	Kuala Lumpur		State visit.^[60]
	Singapore		Attended the 17th APEC meeting.
	Astana		Working visit.
	Ashgabat		Working visit.

2010

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Washington, D.C.		Attended the 1st Nuclear Security Summit.
	Brasília		Attended the 2nd BRIC summit. Originally planned to visit Venezuela and Chile but the trips were cancelled due to the Yushu earthquake.^[61]
	Moscow		Attended the 2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
	Tashkent		State visit.
	Astana		State visit.
	London		Attended the G20 summit.
	Paris Nice		State visit.
	Lisbon		State visit.
	Seoul		Attended the G20 summit.
	Tokyo		Attended the 18th APEC meeting.

2011

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Washington, D.C. Chicago Illinois		State visit.
	Astana		State visit. Also attended a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
	Moscow Saint Petersburg		Attended the 15th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
	Simferopol Yalta Kyiv		State visit.
	Vienna Salzburg		State visit.
	Nice Cannes		Attended the G20 summit.
	Honolulu		Attended the 19th APEC meeting.

2012

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
	Seoul		Attended the 2nd Nuclear Security Summit.
	New Delhi		Attended the 4th BRICS summit
	Phnom Penh		State visit. Met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly President Heng Samrin, and Prime Minister Hun Sen.^[62]
	Copenhagen		State visit.
	Los Cabos Municipality		Attended the G20 summit.
	Tenerife		Stopover before returning back from the G20 summit. Met with Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría.
	Vladivostok		Attended the 20th APEC meeting.

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7. News: 11 June 2004 . China, Hungary Sign Joint Statement . . 31 October 2023.
8. News: 13 June 2004 . President Hu Begins Visit to Romania . . 31 October 2023.
9. Web site: 18 June 2004 . Hu Jintao Arrives in Tashkent for a State Visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan . 2023-10-31 . Embassy of China in the United Arab Emirates.
10. News: 11 November 2004 . 胡锦涛赴拉美途中会见葡萄牙总理 . Hu Jintao meets with Portuguese Prime Minister on his way to Latin America . 30 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050111202954/http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/2004/Nov/701339.htm . 11 January 2005.
11. News: 12 November 2004 . President Hu arrives in Brazil for state visit . . 31 October 2023.
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13. News: Huanxin . Zhao . 23 November 2004 . China, Cuba agree to further expand cooperation . . 31 October 2023.
14. News: 25 November 2004 . 胡锦涛结束拉美之行经停西班牙大加那利岛并会见费利佩王储 中国高度重视中西关系 . Hu Jintao concluded his Latin American trip and stopped in Gran Canaria, Spain, and met with Crown Prince Felipe. China attaches great importance to Sino-Spanish relations . . 30 October 2023.
15. Web site: 20 April 2005 . Hu Jintao Arrives an Bandar Seri Begawan for a State Visit to Brunei . 2023-10-31 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
16. News: 9 May 2005 . President Hu arrives in Moscow . . 31 October 2023.
17. News: 7 July 2005 . Hu in Kazakhstan for talks on terrorism, energy . . 31 October 2023.
18. News: 7 July 2005 . Hu arrives in Scotland for G8 summit . . 31 October 2023.
19. News: 2005-09-11 . Human-rights protesters greet Hu on Canada trip . en-US . . 2023-10-31 . 0362-4331.
20. News: Jr . James C. McKinley . 2005-09-13 . Mexico Builds Trade Ties With China . en-US . . 2023-10-31 . 0362-4331.
21. Web site: China – Visits by Foreign Leaders – Department History – Office of the Historian . 2023-10-30 . United States Department of State.
22. Web site: 2006-01-15 . Hu Visits the Two Koreas . 2023-10-30 . Comparative Connections . en.
23. News: Jiao . Xiaoyang . Qin . Jize . 1 November 2005 . Hu's visit to Viet Nam takes ties to new high . . 31 October 2023.
24. News: Jeffery . Simon . 2005-11-08 . Rowdy reception for Chinese president . en-GB . . 2023-10-31 . 0261-3077.
25. Web site: 10 November 2005 . Hu Jintao Arrives in Berlin for State Visit to Germany . 2023-10-31 . Embassy of China in Mauritius.
26. Web site: 15 November 2005 . Hu Jintao Leaves Madrid for a Visit to the ROK . 2023-10-31 . Embassy of China in Mauritius.
27. Web site: 24 April 2004 . Hu Jintao Concludes His Visit to Saudi Arabia . 2023-10-30 . Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations.
28. Web site: 26 April 2006 . Hu Jintao Concludes State Visit to Morocco . 2023-10-31 . Permanent Mission of China at the United Nations.
29. Web site: 26 April 2006 . Hu Jintao Kicks off Visit to Nigeria . 2023-10-31 . Permanent Mission of China at the United Nations.
30. News: 27 November 2006 . FM: Hu's visit a diplomatic milestone . . 31 October 2023.
31. News: 21 November 2006 . Hu Jintao visits India . . 31 October 2023.
32. News: 27 November 2006 . Hu concludes landmark Pakistan visit . . 31 October 2023.
33. Web site: 31 January 2007 . Hu Jintao Meets with UAE Vice President & Prime Minister Mohammed . 2023-10-30 . Mission of China to the European Union.
34. Web site: 31 January 2007 . Hu Jintao Arrives in Yaounde for State Visit to Cameroon . 2023-10-30 . Mission of China to the European Union.
35. Web site: 31 January 2007 . Hu Jintao Meets with President of the National Assembly of Cameroon (NAC) Cavaye . 2023-10-30 . Mission of China to the European Union.
36. Web site: 1 February 2007 . Hu Jintao Arrives in Monrovia, Kicking off State Visit to Liberia . 2023-10-30 . Mission of China to the European Union.
37. News: 2007-02-02 . China's Hu tells Sudan it must solve Darfur issue . en . . 2023-10-31.
38. News: 2007-02-03 . Zambia opposition barred from attending Hu ceremonies . en . . 2023-10-31.
39. News: 5 February 2007 . President Hu kicks off state visit to Namibia . . 31 October 2023.
40. News: 2007-02-06 . Hu heads for South Africa . en-US . . 2023-10-31 . 0362-4331.
41. News: Mangwiro . Charles . 2007-02-08 . China's Hu in Mozambique for Africa investment drive . en . . 2023-10-31.
42. News: 10 February 2007 . Hu visits Seychelles . . 31 October 2023.
43. News: 15 August 2007 . President Hu begins landmark visit to Kyrgyzstan . . 31 October 2023.
44. Web site: Hu Jintao Arrives in Chelyabinsk to Observe SCO Joint Anti-Terrorism Military Exercise . 2023-10-31 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
45. News: Golovnina . Maria . 2007-08-18 . Kazakhstan, China agree on pipeline from Caspian . en . . 2023-10-31.
46. Web site: Hu Jintao Arrives in Dushanbe for State Visit and SCO Summit . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
47. Web site: 29 August 2008 . Chinese President Hu Jintao Holds Talks with His Turkmen Counterpart . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
48. News: 18 November 2008 . Hu Jintao visits Costa Rica . . 31 October 2023.
49. Web site: 19 November 2008 . Chinese President Hu Jintao Visits Fidel Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
50. Web site: 21 November 2008 . Hu Jintao Arrives in Peru for State Visit, APEC Meeting . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
51. Web site: President Hu Jintao Visits Peza Agricultural Cooperative of Greece . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
52. Web site: 10 February 2009 . Chinese president arrives in Riyadh at start of "trip of friendship, cooperation" . 2023-10-30 . Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver.
53. News: 2009-02-13 . Hu launches China's "largest gift" to West Africa . en . . 2023-10-30.
54. News: 13 February 2009 . Hu arrives in Dakar for state visit . . 31 October 2023.
55. Web site: 16 February 2009 . Hu Jintao Leaves Tanzania for Mauritius . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
56. News: 16 February 2009 . President Hu starts visit to Mauritius . . 31 October 2023.
57. News: 19 June 2009 . Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Slovakia; his supporters clash with Slovak human right activists . . 31 October 2023.
58. Web site: Chinese President Hu Jintao Arrives in Zagreb for State Visit . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
59. News: 8 July 2009 . Troops flood into China Riot City . . live . 6 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090708012117/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8139065.stm . 8 July 2009.
60. News: Zhao . Huanxin . 10 November 2009 . Hu's awaited visit to 2 nations seen as milestone . . 31 October 2023.
61. News: 2010-04-15 . Chinese President Hu to return home after quake . en . . 2023-10-30.
62. Web site: President Hu Jintao Starts His State Visit to Cambodia from Phnom Penh . 2023-10-30 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.