Key facts
- President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House on Thursday.
- US tenor Christopher Macchio was scheduled to perform at the dinner.
- The guest list included top US and Chinese officials, as well as executives from major technology and finance firms.
- Notable attendees from the business world included Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms, and Elon Musk of SpaceX.
US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House on Thursday. The event, part of diplomatic engagements between the two nations, saw a high-profile guest list comprising top officials from both governments and leading figures from the US business and technology sectors.
Among the US officials present were Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson, and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. Chinese attendees included Politburo Standing Committee member Cai Qi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
The guest list also featured prominent business leaders such as Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms, Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices, Tim Cook of Apple, Sam Altman of OpenAI, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, and Elon Musk of SpaceX. US tenor Christopher Macchio was scheduled to perform at the dinner. Chinese CEOs were reportedly traveling to the US ahead of the event, awaiting invitations.