Peng Liyuan hosts Summer Palace tour for APEC leaders' wives

 

Peng Liyuan (6th L), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, poses for photo with Akie Abe (L), wife of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, Rosmah Mansor (2nd L), wife of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Bronagh Key (3rd L), wife of New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Susan Chu (4th L), wife of Honorary Chairman of Taiwan-based Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation Vincent Siew, Angelica Rivera Hurtado (5th L), wife of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Iriana Widodo (4th R), wife of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Naraporn Chan-ocha (3rd R), wife of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Ho Ching (2nd R), wife of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Lynda Babao (R), wife of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, during a visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014. Peng invited the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies to visit the Summer Palace on Tuesday.

 

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, invited wives of APEC economies' leaders to a tour to the Summer Palace on Tuesday.

Peng's guests were in Beijing with their husbands who were attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting.

They took a boat tour in the Kunming Lake in the former imperial resort and now a World Heritage listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

They also watched dancing and Peking Opera performances and visited a folk art exhibition.

The guests included wives of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key ,Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and senior Taiwan politician Vincent Siew, representative of the region at the APEC meeting.

 

Angelica Rivera Hurtado (R), wife of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, tries drawing on a Chinese cloisonne-enameled vase as she and the wives of some other leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies visit a cloisonne ware studio in the Summer Palace at the invitation of Peng Liyuan (3rd L), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (C), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanies the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies during a visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (C), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanies the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies during a visit to Renshou (Benevolence and Longevity) Hall of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (C), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanies the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies during their visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (C), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies, watch Peking Opera during their visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (L), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, offers a hand to Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, as they leave a pier on the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014. Peng invited the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies to visit the Summer Palace on Tuesday

 

Peng Liyuan (6th L), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, poses for photo with Naraporn Chan-ocha (L), wife of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Ho Ching (2nd L), wife of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Bronagh Key (3rd L), wife of New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, Akie Abe (4th L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Iriana Widodo (5th L), wife of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Susan Chu (R), wife of Honorary Chairman of Taiwan-based Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation Vincent Siew, Lynda Babao (2nd R), wife of Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, Rosmah Mansor (3rd R), wife of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, and Angelica Rivera Hurtado (4th R), wife of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, during a visit to the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014. Peng invited the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies to visit the Summer Palace on Tuesday

 

Peng Liyuan (3rd L, front), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies appreciate a piece of Chinese lacquer-line carving in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (R), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies tour an illustration-decorated veranda in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014

 

Peng Liyuan (5th R), wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the wives of some leaders and representatives from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies take a boat trip on the Kunming Lake of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Nov. 11, 2014