Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing Wednesday morning from his four-nation Europe tour, which took him to the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium.

Xi paid state visits to the four nations from March 22 to April 1.

During the trip, the president attended the third Nuclear Security Summit(NSS) in The Hague, Netherlands.

He also visited the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris and the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels.

Xi's entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan; Wang Huning, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee; Li Zhanshu, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; and State Councilor Yang Jiechi.