On November 26, 2008, Chinese President Hu Jintao left the Greek capital of Athens for home after concluding his state visit to Greece, the last leg of his five-nation trip.

President Hu flew into Athens from Lima by special plane on November 23 after paying a state visit to Peru and attending the Economic Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. During his stay in Greece, Hu held talks and meetings respectively with Greek leaders including President Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Parliament President Dimitris Sioufas, exchanging in-depth views with them on bilateral ties and other issues of common concern. Both sides agreed to push forward Sino-Greek comprehensive strategic partnership.

Prior to his visit to Greece, Hu attended the G20 summit on financial markets and the world economy in the U.S. capital of Washington and the Economic Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in the Peruvian capital of Lima. He also paid state visits to Costa Rica, Cuba and Peru.

At the Washington summit, the Chinese leader outlined China's propositions on responding to the international financial crisis, explained major measures adopted by the Chinese government to ensure financial stability and economic development, and made proposals on reforming the international financial system, thus safeguarding interests of developing countries. Hu also held bilateral meetings with leaders of some countries, which helped promote China’s relations with these countries.

At the APEC meeting, President Hu delivered an important speech, elaborating on China’s views and proposals on the current international economic and financial situation, food and energy security and other important topics. He also put forward specific initiatives on furthering APEC cooperation in all areas.

During his state visits to Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru and Greece, the Chinese president and leaders of the four nations reached broad consensus on enhancing bilateral friendly cooperative cooperation.