On the evening of November 18, 2023, President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing by special plane after holding a China-U.S. summit meeting and attending the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco.

On the afternoon of November 17 local time when Xi Jinping left San Francisco, Mayor of San Francisco London Nicole Breed and other U.S. representatives saw him off at the airport.

On the way to the airport, representatives of the local Chinese community and Chinese students gathered on both sides of the road to bid farewell to President Xi Jinping and express congratulations on the complete success of his visit, waving the national flags of China and the United States.

Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee Cai Qi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and other members of the entourage returned by the same plane.