On the afternoon of March 25, 2012, at the invitation of ROK President Lee Myung-bak, Indian Prime Minister Singh and King Sihamoni of Cambodia, President Hu Jintao left Beijing by special plane to attend the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, the ROK and the fourth BRICS Leaders Meeting in New Delhi, India. He will also pay a state visit to Cambodia.

Hu's entourage includes his wife Liu Yongqing; Ling Jihua, member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Huning, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; State Councilor Dai Bingguo; Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi; Minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Zhang Ping; Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei; Commerce Minister Chen Deming; Vice Foreign Minster Fu Ying; director of the President's Office Chen Shiju and Assistant Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu.