The following list of heads of state and government in attendance at the Second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing (April 25-28, 2019) is based on a list given by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on April 19, verified against press reports from the actual forum.
Full List (Alphabetical Order by Country):
- Austria: Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
- Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev
- Belarus: President Alexander Lukashenko
- Brunei: Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah
- Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen
- Chile: President Sebastian Pinera
- Cyprus: President Nicos Anastasiades
- Czech Republic: President Miloš Zeman
- Djibouti: President Ismail Omar Guelleh
- Egypt: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
- Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
- Greece: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
- Hungary: Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- Italy: Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
- Kazakhstan: Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta
- Kyrgyzstan: President Sooronbay Jeenbekov
- Laos: President Bounnhang Vorachit
- Malaysia: Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
- Mongolia: President Khaltmaa Battulga
- Mozambique:President Filipe Nyusi
- Myanmar: State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi
- Nepal: President Bidya Devi Bhandar
- Pakistan: Prime Minister Imran Khan
- Papua New Guinea: Prime Minister Peter O’Neill
- The Philippines: President Rodrigo Duterte
- Portugal: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
- Russia: President Vladimir Putin,
- Serbia: President Aleksandar Vucic
- Singapore: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
- Switzerland: President President Ueli Maurer
- Tajikistan: President Emomali Rahmon
- Thailand: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
- The United Arab Emirates: Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
- Uzbekistan: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Vietnam: Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
The following section breaks down the countries represented by top-level leaders according to region.
Africa
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Mozambique
Central Asia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
East Asia
- Mongolia
Europe:
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Portugal
- Russia
- Serbia
- Switzerland
Middle East
- UAE
Oceania
- PNG
South America
- Chile
South Asia
- Nepal
- Pakistan
Southeast Asia
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Note: Indonesia was actually represented by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, but included in China’s official count of 37 countries to be represented by a “head of state or government.”