Key facts
- President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a State Dinner on Thursday at the White House.
- The guest list included US and Chinese officials, as well as prominent figures from the business and technology sectors.
US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at a State Dinner on Thursday at the White House. The event included a list of invited US and Chinese officials, as well as various guests from the business and media sectors.
Notable guests from the technology and business world included Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of OpenAI, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms, and Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices. Other prominent attendees from the business sector included Larry Fink of BlackRock and Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone.
US officials present included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, US Ambassador to China David Perdue, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, along with Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson, were also in attendance.
Chinese officials present included Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Vice Premier He Lifeng, and Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. Xie Feng, the Chinese Ambassador to the US, was also among the attendees.