Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker, October 2026

Chinese President Xi Jinping met four foreign leaders in October – two each from Africa and Europe – with the month dominated by the Communist Party Central Committee’s fifth plenum. The pace will likely pick up in November. Xi has already met Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, and he will host an Apec summit on November 18–19. The Shenzhen event will likely feature talks with US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other regional leaders.