应英国首相布朗邀请，国家主席胡锦涛１日乘专机离开北京，赴英国出席二十国集团领导人第二次金融峰会。
陪同胡锦涛主席出访的有：国务院副总理王岐山，中共中央书记处书记、中央办公厅主任令计划，中共中央书记处书记、中央政策研究室主任王沪宁，国务委员戴秉国，外交部部长杨洁篪，财政部部长谢旭人，商务部部长陈德铭，中国人民银行行长周小川，外交部副部长何亚非，胡锦涛主席办公室主任陈世炬。
Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing for London Wednesday morning to attend the G20 financial summit scheduled for April 1 to 2, at the invitation of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Hu's entourage includes Vice Premier Wang Qishan; Ling Jihua, member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of General Office of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Huning, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; State Councilor Dai Bingguo; Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi; Minister of Finance Xie Xuren; Minister of Commerce Chen Deming; China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan; and Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei.