Xi Jinping in India with 2 Key Men: Who Are Cai Qi and Wang Yi?
Cai Qi’s inclusion puts one of Xi Jinping’s closest aides at the center of talks as China and India seek to preserve a recent thaw.
- On September 12, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit, his first visit to India in seven years. His delegation includes Cai Qi, a senior Communist Party official and close political aide.
- Cai, ranked fifth in China's seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, is one of Xi's most trusted political allies. He joined the elite body in 2022, when Xi began his third term as Communist Party chief.
- Beyond his Standing Committee role, Cai leads the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and heads the Central Party School, consolidating administrative and ideological authority. He replaced Chen as president of the National Academy of Governance.
- President Xi is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the summit sidelines to discuss bilateral ties. Both nations seek to maintain a recent diplomatic thaw following years of border friction.
- In Beijing last month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval held talks addressing the boundary dispute. Their discussions aimed to improve frontier management and advance border delimitation efforts.
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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
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Chinese President Xi Jinping visits India for the Brics summit, focusing on restoring diplomatic relations amid border disputes with Prime Minister Modi.
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