Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony
09:22, 20 January 2014
BEIJING. January 20. KAZINFORM President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang confirmed Monday morning.
According to Mr. Qin Gang, the Chinese leader will visit Russia to partake in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on February 6-8 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
66 Chinese athletes will compete in 8 winter sports at the Olympics in Sochi.
The Winter Games in Sochi will start in a matter of days.