On the morning of March 22, 2023 local time, President Xi Jinping departed for China after completing his state visit to the Russian Federation.
Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, member of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee , Qin Gang, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other escorts who returned on the same plane.
On leaving Moscow, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chershenko and other senior Russian government officials bid farewell to Xi Jinping at the airport and held a grand farewell ceremony.