Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang announces:

At the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, President Xi Jinping will attend the third Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague, the Netherlands on March 24 and 25.

At the invitation of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, President François Hollande of the French Republic, President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Federal Republic of Germany, King Philippe of the Kingdom of Belgium, President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium from March 22 to April 1.

At the invitation of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, President Xi Jinping will visit UNESCO headquarters on March 27.

At the invitation of President Herman Van Rompuy of the European Council and President Jose Manuel Barroso of the European Commission, President Xi Jinping will visit EU headquarters from March 31 to April 1.