Sanghai: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong for the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover to mainland China, according to state news agency Xinhua.

The visit will be Xi’s first visit outside mainland China since January 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic.

“President Xi Jinping will attend a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland,” Xinhua report states.

“Xi will also attend the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,” it reported.