In the morning of August 21, 2014, President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane to pay a state visit to Mongolia at the invitation of President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj of Mongolia.

President Xi Jinping's wife Mme. Peng Liyuan, Wang Huning, 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, 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 others accompanied President Xi Jinping for the visit.