On April 4, 2006, after concluding his official visit to Australia, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council left for Fiji by special plane to continue his four-nation tour.

When Wen left Canberra, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Trade Mark Vaile of the Commonwealth of Australia, as Prime Minister John Howard's Representative, saw him off at the airport. During a technical stopover in Sydney, Wen also met with Premier Morris Iemma of New South Wales where Sydney is located.

Australia is the first leg of Wen's current tour. He will also pay official visits to Fiji, New Zealand and Cambodia upon invitation and attend the opening ceremony of the first "China-Pacific Island Countries Economic Development and Cooperation Forum" to be held in Fiji.