Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang announced:

At the invitation of President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President Xi Jinping will attend the 14th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State Council to be held in Dushanbe,Tajikistan from September 11 to 12.

At the invitation of President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Maldives Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa as well as President of the Republic of India Pranab Mukherjee, President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the aforementioned 4 countries from September 12 to 19.