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. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- 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.
