This article is part of a series about Hu Jintao
Personal Early life, education, and family Liu Yongqing (wife) Hu Haifeng (son) Administration 2002 election as General Secretary 2007 reelection as General Secretary Tuanpai Policies and theories China's peaceful rise Harmonious Society Scientific Outlook on Development Socialist Concept of Honor and Disgrace Key events International trips 2002–2004 SARS outbreak 2004 constitutional amendment Baoxian campaign Anti-Secession Law 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China 2008 Tibetan unrest 2008 Sichuan earthquake 2008 Summer Olympics July 2009 Ürümqi riots Expo 2010
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This is alist of international trips made by Hu Jintao, thegeneral secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and thepresident of China.Hu Jintao made international trips to 69 countries during hisleadership from 2003 to 2012.

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.

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
Russia	Moscow Saint Petersburg	26–31 May	State visit.
Switzerland	Lausanne	1–2 June	Briefly stopped for transfit. Met with Swiss PresidentPascal Couchepin.[1]
France	Évian-les-Bains	1–2 June	Attended North-South Leaders’ Informal Dialogue Meeting. Met with US PresidentGeorge W. Bush, French PresidentJacques Chirac, Malaysian Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad and International Olympic Committee PresidentJacques Rogge.[1]
Kazakhstan	Astana	2–4 June	State visit. Met with Kazakh PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev and Prime MinisterImangali Tasmagambetov.[2]
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	4–5 June	State visit. Met with Mongolian PresidentNatsagiin Bagabandi and Prime MinisterNambaryn Enkhbayar.[3]
Thailand	Bangkok	17–22 October	Attended the11th APEC meeting.[4]
Australia	Sydney Canberra	22–25 October	State visit. Met with Australian Governor-GeneralMichael Jeffery, Prime MinisterJohn Howard, New South Wales GovernorMarie Bashir, New South Wales PremierBob Carr, andLabor Party leaderSimon Crean. Gave a speech at theParliament of Australia.[4]
New Zealand	Wellington Auckland	25–27 October	State visit. Met with New Zealand Governor-GeneralSilvia Cartwright, Prime MinisterHelen Clark, andNational Party leaderBill English.[4]

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
France	Paris	26–29 January	State visit. Met with PresidentJacques Chirac and laid a wreath at theTomb of the Unknown Soldier. Also met with United Nations Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan, French Prime MinisterJean-Pierre Raffarin and Senate PresidentChristian Poncelet. Delivered a speech at theNational Assembly.[5]
Egypt	Cairo	29 January–1 February	State visit. Met with PresidentHosni Mubarak and the Arab League Secretary-GeneralAmr Moussa, as well as representatives from 22 members of the Arab League. Announced the formation of theChina–Arab States Cooperation Forum.[5]
Gabon	Libreville	1–3 February	State visit. Met with PresidentOmar Bongo and delivered a speech at theParliament of Gabon.[5]
Algeria	Algiers	3–4 February	State visit. Met with PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime MinisterAli Benflis.[5]
Poland	Warsaw	8–9 June	State visit. Met with PresidentAleksander Kwaśniewski, Prime MinisterMarek Belka, Sejm MarshalJózef Oleksy, and Senate MarshalLongin Pastusiak.[6]
Hungary	Budapest	10–11 June	State visit. Met with PresidentFerenc Mádl.[7]
Romania	Constanța Bucharest	12–13 June	State visit. Met with PresidentIon Iliescu.[8]
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	14–17 June	State visit. Met with PresidentIslam Karimov. Also attended a summit of theShanghai Cooperation Organization.[9]
Portugal	Porto	10–11 November	Arrived as a stopover before his trip to Latin America. Met with Prime MinisterPedro Santana Lopes.[10]
Brazil	Brasília	11–15 November	State visit. Met with PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Federal Senate PresidentJosé Sarney, and Chamber of Deputies PresidentJoão Paulo Cunha. Also gave a speech at theNational Congress.[11]
Argentina	Buenos Aires	16–17 November	State visit. Met with PresidentNéstor Kirchner and Buenos Aires MayorAníbal Ibarra.[12]
Chile	Santiago	18–21 November	Attended the12th APEC meeting.
Cuba	Havana	22–23 November	State visit. Met with Council of State PresidentFidel Castro and Council of State First Vice PresidentRaúl Castro.[13]
Spain	Gran Canaria	24 November	Stopped at Spain at the end of the trip to Latin America. Met with Crown PrinceFelipe.[14]

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	20–21 April	State visit.[15]
Indonesia	Jakarta	22–26 April	State visit.
Philippines	Manila	26–28 April	State visit.
Russia	Moscow	8–9 May	Attended the2005 Moscow Victory Day Parade.[16]
Kazakhstan	Astana	30 June–1 July	State visit.[17]
United Kingdom	Prestwick	7–8 July	Attended the first summit ofG8+5.[18]
Canada	Ottawa	8–10 September	State visit. Met with Governor-GeneralAdrienne Clarkson and Prime MinisterPaul Martin.[19]
Mexico	Mexico City	11–12 September	State visit. Met with PresidentVicente Fox.[20]
United States	New York City	13 September	Visited the United Nations General Assembly. Met with US President George W. Bush.[21]
North Korea	Pyongyang	28–30 October	Official goodwill visit. Met withGeneral Secretary of the Workers' Party of KoreaKim Jong Il.[22]
Vietnam	Hanoi	31 October–2 November	Official goodwill visit. Met with Communist Party of Vietnam General SecretaryNông Đức Mạnh and PresidentTrần Đức Lương.[23]
United Kingdom	London	8–9 November	State visit. Met with QueenElizabeth II and Prime MinisterTony Blair.[24]
Germany	Berlin	10–12 November	State visit. Met with PresidentHorst Köhler and ChancellorAngela Merkel.[25]
Spain	Madrid	13–15 November	State visit. Met with KingJuan Carlos I and Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.[26]
South Korea	Seoul Busan	16–19 November	Attended the13th APEC meeting. Met with South Korean PresidentRoh Moo-hyun and gave a speech at theNational Assembly.[22]

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
United States	Seattle New Haven	20–21 April	[21]
Saudi Arabia	Dammam Riyadh	23–24 April	State visit. Met with KingAbdullah and gave a speech to theConsultative Assembly.[27]
Morocco	Casablanca Rabat	24–26 April	State visit. Met with KingMohammed VI.[28]
Nigeria	Abuja	26–27 April	State visit. Met with PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo, Senate PresidentKen Nnamani, and House of Representatives SpeakerAminu Bello Masari. Also gave a speech at theNational Assembly.[29]
Kazakhstan	Almaty	16–17 June
Russia	Saint Petersburg	16–17 July
Vietnam	Hanoi	15–19 November	Attended the14th APEC meeting.[30]
Laos	Vientiane	19–20 November	State visit.[30]
India	New Delhi	20–23 November	State visit.[30] Met with PresidentA. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime MinisterManmohan Singh.[31]
Pakistan	Islamabad Lahore	23–26 November	State visit.[30] Met with PresidentPervez Musharraf and Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz.[32]

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	30 January	Met with UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai RulerMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.[33]
Cameroon	Yaoundé	31 January–1 February	State visit. Met with PresidentPaul Biya, Prime MinisterEphraïm Inoni,[34] and National Assembly PresidentCavayé Yéguié Djibril.[35]
Liberia	Monrovia	1–2 February	State visit. Met with PresidentEllen Johnson-Sirleaf.[36]
Sudan	Khartoum	2–3 February	State visit. Met with PresidentOmar al-Bashir.[37]
Zambia	Lusaka	3–4 February	State visit. Met with PresidentLevy Mwanawasa.[38]
Namibia	Windhoek	5–6 February	State visit. Met with PresidentHifikepunye Pohamba.[39]
South Africa	Pretoria	6–8 February	State visit. Met with PresidentThabo Mbeki.[40]
Mozambique	Maputo	8 February	State visit. Met with PresidentArmando Guebuza.[41]
Seychelles	Victoria	9–10 February	State visit. Met with PresidentJames Michel.[42]
Russia	Moscow	26–28 March
Germany	Berlin Heiligendamm Rostock	6–8 June	State visit.
Sweden	Stockholm	8–10 June	State visit.
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	14–15 August	State visit. Met with PresidentKurmanbek Bakiyev. Also attended a summit of theShanghai Cooperation Organization.[43]
Russia	Chelyabinsk	16–17 August	Visited to observe a SCO counterterrorism drill.[44]
Kazakhstan	Astana	18–19 August	State visit. Met with PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev.[45]
Australia	Sydney Canberra	3–9 September	Attended the15th APEC meeting.

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
Japan	Tokyo Osaka	6–10 May	State visit.
Japan	Tōyako Sapporo	7–9 July	Attended the summit ofG8+5.
South Korea	Seoul	25– August	State visit.
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	26–27 August	State visit. Met with PresidentEmomali Rahmon. Also attended a summit of theShanghai Cooperation Organization.[46]
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	28–29 August	State visit. Met with PresidentGurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and laid a wreath at the Niyazov Memorial Hall.[47]
United States	Washington, D.C.	14–15 November	Attended theG20 summit.[21]
Costa Rica	San José	16–17 November	State visit. Met with PresidentÓscar Arias.[48]
Cuba	Havana	17–18 November	State visit. Met with Communist Party of Cuba First SecretaryFidel Castro and Council of State PresidentRaúl Castro.[49]
Peru	Lima	19–23 November	State visit. Met with PresidentAlan Garcia. Also attended the16th APEC meeting.[50]
Greece	Athens Crete	24–26 November	State visit. Met with PresidentKarolos Papoulias, Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis, and Parliament SpeakerDimitris Sioufas. Also visited an agricultural cooperative in Crete.[51]

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	10–11 February	State visit. Met with King Abdullah and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al-Attiya.[52]
Mali	Bamako	12–13 February	State visit. Met with PresidentAmadou Toumani Touré.[53]
Senegal	Dakar	13–14 February	State visit. Met with PresidentAbdoulaye Wade.[54]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	15–16 February	State visit. Met with PresidentJakaya Kikwete and Zanzibar PresidentAmani Abeid Karume.[55]
Mauritius	Port Louis	16–17 February	State visit. Met with Prime MinisterNavin Ramgoolam and PresidentAnerood Jugnauth.[56]
United Kingdom	London	1–3 April	Attended theG20 summit.
Russia	Yekaterinburg Moscow	14–18 June	Attended a summit of theShanghai Cooperation Organization. Also attended the1st BRIC summit.
Slovakia	Bratislava	18–19 June	State visit. Met with PresidentIvan Gašparovič and Prime MinisterRobert Fico.[57]
Croatia	Zagreb	19–20 June	State visit. Met with PresidentStjepan Mesić, Prime MinisterIvo Sanader, and Parliament SpeakerLuka Bebić.[58]
Italy	Milan	5–8 July	State visit. Originally scheduled to attend the summit ofG8+5 but returned early due to theÜrümqi riots.[59]
United States	Pittsburgh New York City	21–25 September	Visited the United Nations General Assembly. Met with US PresidentBarack Obama. Attended theG20 summit.[21]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	10–14 November	State visit.[60]
Singapore	Singapore	14–15 November	Attended the17th APEC meeting.[60]
Kazakhstan	Astana	12–13 December	Working visit.
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	13–14 December	Working visit.

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
United States	Washington, D.C.	10–14 April	Attended the1st Nuclear Security Summit.[21]
Brazil	Brasília	14–16 April	Attended the2nd BRIC summit. Originally planned to visit Venezuela and Chile but the trips were cancelled due to theYushu earthquake.[61]
Russia	Moscow	8–9 May	Attended the2010 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	9–11 June	State visit.
Kazakhstan	Astana	11–12 June	State visit.
Canada	London	23–27 June	Attended theG20 summit.
France	Paris Nice	4–6 November	State visit.
Portugal	Lisbon	6–7 November	State visit.
South Korea	Seoul	11–12 November	Attended theG20 summit.
Japan	Tokyo	12–14 November	Attended the18th APEC meeting.

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
United States	Washington, D.C. Chicago Illinois	18–21 January	State visit.[21]
Kazakhstan	Astana	12–15 June	State visit. Also attended a summit of theShanghai Cooperation Organization.
Russia	Moscow Saint Petersburg	15–18 June	Attended the 15thSt. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Ukraine	Simferopol Yalta Kyiv	18–20 June	State visit.
Austria	Vienna Salzburg	30 October–2 November	State visit.
France	Nice Cannes	2–4 November	Attended theG20 summit.
United States	Honolulu	10–14 November	Attended the19th APEC meeting.

Country	Locations	Dates	Details
South Korea	Seoul	26–27 March	Attended the2nd Nuclear Security Summit.
India	New Delhi	28–29 March	Attended the4th BRICS summit
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	30 March–2 April	State visit. Met with Cambodian KingNorodom Sihamoni, Senate PresidentChea Sim, National Assembly PresidentHeng Samrin, and Prime MinisterHun Sen.[62]
Denmark	Copenhagen	14–16 June	State visit.
Mexico	Los Cabos Municipality	16–19 June	Attended theG20 summit.
Spain	Tenerife	20 June	Stopover before returning from the G20 summit. Met with Deputy Prime MinisterSoraya Sáenz de Santamaría.
Russia	Vladivostok	6–9 September	Attended the20th APEC meeting.

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