On the morning of October 13, 2016, at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of Cambodia, President Abdul Hamid of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Republic of India, President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane for state visits to Cambodia and Bangladesh as well as attendance at the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa, India.

Members of Xi Jinping's delegation include member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Li Zhanshu, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and others.