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.