On July 19, 2018, President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane. At the invitation of President Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal, President Paul Kagame of the Republic of Rwanda and President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the aforementioned four countries; at the invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, President Xi Jinping will attend the 10th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa. After wrapping up the state visits to the above-mentioned four counties and attending the 10th BRICS Summit, President Xi Jinping will make a stopover in the Republic of Mauritius for a friendly visit on his way back to China.

President Xi Jinping's wife Mme. Peng Liyuan; Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Ding Xuexiang; Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee Yang Jiechi; State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi; and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission He Lifeng accompanied Xi Jinping for the visits.