BEIJING, Sept. 26 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Saturday afternoon after concluding his state visit to the United States.

Xi's entourage, including his wife Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and foreign minister, and He Lifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice premier, returned on the same flight.