President returns from fruitful missions to United States and UN

President Xi Jinping arrived home on Tuesday ahead of National Day, wrapping up his first state visit to the United States, where he also made a first appearance at the UN headquarters.

The visit produced a number of concrete results, including a China-US joint presidential statement on climate change issued after Xi met his US counterpart President Barack Obama in Washington, DC.

The statement was released alongside a 49-item list of agreements.