On January 24, 2016, President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing after concluding his state visits to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran.

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 Wang Huning, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Li Zhanshu, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, and other delegation members arrived by the same plane.

On the evening of January 23, 2016 local time, Xi Jinping left Teheran for China. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran and others saw him off at the airport.