top leaders is generally Boeing 747-400. Boeing 737 and Airbus 332 are sometimes used for other leaders’ visit task. The Number of Escorts According to Rules of Strict Control of Leaders’ Visits Abroad Stipulated by General Office of CCCPC and General Office of the State Council issued on August 17, 1989, the total number of escorts with the Party and national leaders to visit abroad shall be no more than 20 people, and accompanied reporters shall be reduced. If other leaders of CCCPC visit abroad, the total number of escorts shall not exceed 10. If provincial and ministerial leaders visit abroad, the total number of escorts shall not exceed 5. If some special groups for some special reasons exceed the required number, they should be reported for approval. The number of groups to attend multilateral and bilateral international conferences or other professional meetings shall be reported for approval according to actual demand. Escorts with national leaders are usually divided into official entourages (escorts), consultants, staff and so on. If a delegation visits abroad, the official entourages are delegation members. Large delegations are also categorized by professionals, such as official members, consultants, protocol officers, security officers, information officers, technicians and reporters, aircrew and others. If the wife accompanies, she shall also be listed. The common list order for her is right after the husband, but she also can be arranged alone according to her position. Procedures of Farewell Ceremony Counterpart leaders and a certain number of senior officials of the host nation attend the farewell ceremony. Some also inform all (or some) foreign ambassadors to attend, present flowers, and play national anthems of the both countries. State guests accompanied by the host review the guard of honor. They air gun salute and escort. Some countries send several aircraft fighters to escort visiting foreign leaders on special planes. They generally welcome about 100 km away from the capital, send salute signal to the special plane, and then fly to the airport in formation. After the special plane lands, escort aircrafts fly around the airport and leave. Some countries begin to escort when the special plane enters the territory of the host country. Deliver a speech. Some countries arrange both sides to give a speech at the welcoming ceremony. Some do not arrange formal speech or only distribute written speech drafts on the spot. Welcome people. Welcome people are mostly youngsters, singing and dancing. They stand along the route where the state guests pass to give a warm welcome. Some only arrange a small amount of people at the ceremony site. Certainly, different countries have different arrangements for the above items. In recent years, most countries do not arrange escort. But most countries arrange the first 4 items. Gun Salute Gun salute is determined by the identity of the visitors. The present international practice is to air 21-gun salute to welcome Head of State or other people at correspondent ranks, 19-gun salute to welcome head of government or other people at correspondent ranks, 17-gun salute to welcome vice prime minister-level officials, and so on, and singular number is taken. Our country officially began to air gun salute for foreign visiting leaders in June 1961. It was cancelled in 1966, and now this etiquette is reset. Many countries also air gun salute at a grand ceremony, but the number and airing time are varied in different countries according to their specific circumstances, for example, 62 for British monarch’s birthday, 41 for opening and closing ceremony of Parliament; 28-gun salute was aired at our grand founding ceremony because it happened to be 28th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. National Banquet National banquet can be divided into lunch and welcome dinner, personally invited and presided by head of state of the host country. Lunch is relatively short. Some African countries will arrange theatrical performances at welcome dinner, singing and dancing. Russia and African countries use their own distinctive Western food to treat state guests. Russian national banquet usually contains famous Russian black caviar, red caviar, Borsch Soup of Moscow, etc.
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