BEIJING, Nov. 14 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Saturday morning for the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

After the G20 summit, Xi will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting from Nov. 17 to 19 in Manila at the invitation of Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III.

Xi's entourage includes Wang Huning, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Yang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier; Li Zhanshu, 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; State Councilor Yang Jiechi; and Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Governor of People's Bank of China.