This is Mr Orban's third surprise overseas trip since Hungary took over the EU's rotating presidency in July.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a joint press conference in Budapest in May 2024.
at the beginning of July, after he travelled to Ukraine and Russia last week on what he called a"peace mission".Hungary, under right-leaning Mr Orban, has become an important trade and investment partner for China, in contrast with some other EU nations seeking to become less dependent on the world's second-largest economy.
Hungary's foreign minister, Mr Peter Szijjarto, was accompanying Mr Orban on the China trip, according to photographs on Mr Szijjarto's Facebook page.
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