The Column Hall is the largest room located on the second floor of Warsaw’s Presidential Palace, and it has witnessed some of the most important events in the history of Poland. Here, in 1955, the People’s Republic of Poland, the Soviet Union and other communist bloc states signed the Warsaw Pact. In 1989, representatives of the Polish government held talks with Solidarity-linked opposition in the room, commonly known as the Round Table Talks. Ten years later, Poland’s accession treaty to NATO was signed in the Column Hall, with the country’s accession treaty to the EU ratified here in 2003. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

This round table was originally located in the Column Hall on the second floor, though it was later moved to the right wing of the Presidential Palace because of the frequent use of the Column Hall. Cards with the names of the participants in the Round Table Talks still sit atop the table, many of whom have passed away. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

Red carpet in the Presidential Palace. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

Paintings in the Presidential Palace. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

The piano of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, the famous Polish pianist, composer, politician, spokesman for Polish independence, and the third Prime Minister of Poland. He is known for his effort to allow the inclusion of an independent Poland as Point Thirteen in President Woodrow Wilson’s 1918 peace treaty called the Fourteen Points, which ensured a new independent Poland after the First World War. The painting on the left of the wall is of Paderewski while the painting on the right is of Wilson. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

A conference room where meetings between senior officials of the two countries will be held during Xi’s visit to Poland. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

A small meeting room where Chinese President Xi Jinping and Polish President Andrzej Duda will hold talks. President Xi and Duda are likely to sit in the larger seat behind the table, said Michal Zatyka, press officer of the Presidential Palace .

The chapel in the Presidential Palace is a place of prayer for the President, the First Lady, the ministers of the Chancellery and invited guests. The plaque on the wall commemorates the tragic death of then Polish president Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash in Western Russia on April 10, 2010. Kaczynski was killed along with his wife, the governor of the central bank, senior military commanders and other high-profile officials, as they flew from Warsaw to Smolensk, Western Russia to commemorate the Katyn massacre. Each year on April 10, the Polish people hold memorials to commemorate the tragedy. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

A painting of the late Polish president Lech Kaczynski. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT 
 

A hand-made carpet in the Presidential Palace. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

A painting in the chapel of the Presidential Palace. Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

Myslewicki Palace in Lazienki Park in the center of Warsaw. Myslewicki Palace is known for being the venue of the first meeting between ambassadors from China and the US on September 15, 1958, which is considered to be the first attempt by the two countries to establish diplomatic contact.Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

The Chinese Avenue in Lazienki Park where then-Chinese premier Wen Jiabao took an evening walk with then-Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski during his visit to Poland in 2012. The avenue is paved with a special type of sand that maintains its clean appearance in even heavy rain. Chinese-style lanterns are hung along the avenue to light the way during Chinese festivals.Photo: Song Shengxia/GT

A traditional Chinese pavilion in Lazienki Park.Photo: Song Shengxia/GT