President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was seen off at Beijing International Airport by Chinese State Minister Ley Haycao, Turkish Ambassador to Beijing Selçuk Ünal, and embassy staff.

Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat, AK Party Deputy Chairman Halit Yerebakan, MHP Deputy Chairman İsmail Faruk Aksu, MIT Director İbrahim Kalın, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, President of Defense Industries Haluk Görgün, and Presidential Private Secretary Hasan Doğan also departed for Türkiye.