# From Young County Official to President: Xi Jinping’s 41 Years of Visits to the US

https://mins.news/en/item/68114

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-22 00:28 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c9zrz24j8pdvo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Xi Jinping is due to visit the United States to meet Donald Trump, marking his 11th official trip there as a Chinese official. BBC Chinese reviews his visits through photographs, from his first trip in 1985 as a 31-year-old county party chief in Hebei to later journeys as a local official, vice president and president, as the focus shifted from local exchanges and economic inspections to leader-level meetings and multilateral diplomacy.

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