Chinese President Hu Jintao came back home yesterday evening from his state visit to Vietnam, Laos, India and Pakistan.

While in Vietnam, Hu also attended the 14th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting convened in Hanoi.

It was Hu's first ever visit to Vietnam and Laos after the two countries' ruling parties have their new leadership. It was also the first visit by China's head of state to India and Pakistan in a decade.

Hu paid the visit from Nov. 15 to 26 as guest of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nong Duc Manh and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, General Secretary of Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Lao President Choummaly Sayasone, Indian President Abdul Kalam, and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.