President Xi Jinping (center) and leaders attending the China-Central Asia Summit head to a welcome banquet on Thursday evening at Tang Paradise in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. President Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, hosted a welcome ceremony and banquet on Thursday for the Central Asian presidents and their wives.
People walk past a display welcoming delegates to the China-Central Asia Summit in the ancient city of Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Wednesday. The two-day summit ends on Friday.
President Xi Jinping, together with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, meet the press after the successful conclusion of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Friday. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY Summit's vision extends to fruitful cooperation for global development President Xi Jinping and leaders of five Central Asian countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — have championed regional peace, stability, harmony and greater regional connectivity during the first-ever China-Central Asia Summit that closed on Friday in Xi'an, Shaanxi province in Northwest China, experts said.
President Xi Jinping chairs the first China-Central Asia Summit and delivers a keynote speech in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Friday. DING HAITAO/XINHUA The deliberations and decisions made at the China-Central Asia Summit, which concluded in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Friday, will promote closer cooperation between China and the five Central Asian states.
