Xi Jinping in India with 2 Key Men: Who Are Cai Qi and Wang Yi?
The 67-member delegation includes Cai Qi, one of Xi’s closest aides, as China and India seek to sustain a diplomatic thaw.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping visited New Delhi this past weekend for the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit, marking his first trip to India in seven years. His 67-member delegation includes Cai Qi and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang.
- Ranking fifth in the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, Cai is one of the most powerful figures in the Communist Party. As a top aide to Xi, he manages key administrative functions for the party leadership.
- Beyond his Standing Committee duties, Cai heads the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and leads the Central Party School and National Academy of Governance, overseeing political education and training for senior officials.
- Xi is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the summit's sidelines to maintain a recent diplomatic thaw following years of friction over the border and other bilateral issues.
- Earlier this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval held talks in Beijing on boundary disputes and bilateral ties. Both sides have since discussed advancing border delimitation and improving frontier management.
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The members of the delegation accompanying Xi are Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China and member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (PCCh), as well as Cai Qi, director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP and also member of the Political Bureau.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be accompanied by Kai Zhi, considered China's second-most powerful leader and a close ally, during his visit to India for the BRICS summit. Kai Zhi's presence on Xi's visit to India after nearly seven years is being seen as a sign of an effort to revive relations between the two countries.
China's No. 2 is in India. Meet Xi Jinping's powerful, secretive aide Cai Qi
Cai Qi, widely seen as China's second-most powerful leader and Xi Jinping's right-hand man, is on his first visit to India. A secretive figure, Cai Qi has garnered considerable attention with his visit.
[Cable News] Foreign Minister Wang Yi summarized President Xi Jinping's BRICS summit itinerary, stating that it was a complete success, achieving enhanced BRICS cooperation, empowering the Global South, and leading the way in China-India relations.
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