President Xi Jinping's footprints ③: Australia

President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia in Canberra on November 17, 2014. The two leaders decided to upgrade the China-Australia relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership and announced to substantively conclude the China-Australia Free Trade Area (FTA) negotiation. President Xi Jinping was in the country for his attendance of the 9th Leaders' Summit of the Group of Twenty (G20) at the invitation of Prime Minister Tony Abbott of the Commonwealth of Australia and his state visit to Australia at the invitations of Governor-General Peter Cosgrove of Australia and Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia. [Photo: fmprc.gov.cn]