Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. government officials, business leaders and their spouses dominated a list of more than 100 people who will attend a state dinner Thursday, according to a White House press release.
On the Chinese side, the delegation consisted primarily of government officials, accompanying Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump and their wives.
Talks with Trump have “added new substance” to U.S.-China relations, Xi said in a toast, according to an official translation. Trump gave Xi a statue of a bald eagle.
The U.S. and Chinese presidential couples were seated with Apple‘s Tim Cook, Nvidia‘s Jensen Huang and his wife, Elon Musk and AMD’s Lisa Su.
President of China Xi Jinping clinks glasses with U.S. first lady Melania Trump as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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Meta and OpenAI were among the other major U.S. tech companies represented. Anthropic was not on the list.
The two-course menu included a silky yellow squash velouté with crispy pancetta, sesame-crusted sea bass served over braised baby bok choy, and a fruit-shaped vanilla cremeux with ice cream made with White House honey.
Other attendees included members of Trump’s extended family, including Melania’s father Viktor Knavs.
Chinese business leaders were previously expected to attend the dinner. Earlier, CNBC reported that someone briefed about the preparations but who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record said they weren’t aware of any Chinese companies who have been invited to join Xi on his trip.
Xi is making his first state visit to the U.S. since Barack Obama’s presidency more than a decade ago. He arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday and is scheduled to leave Friday.
Here’s the full list:
- President Donald J. Trump
- First Lady Melania Trump
- President Xi Jinping
- Madame Peng Liyuan
- Vice President JD Vance
- Second Lady Usha Vance
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Jeanette Rubio, Spouse of the Secretary of State
- Chief of Staff Susie Wiles
- U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue
- Bonnie Perdue, Spouse of the U.S. Ambassador to China
- Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent
- John Freeman, Spouse of the Secretary of the Treasury
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
- Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative
- Marlo Greer, Spouse of Ambassador Greer
- Cai Qi, CPC Political Bureau Standing Committee Member, Chief of Staff to President Xi
- Wang Yi, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee Member
- He Lifeng, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee, Vice Premier of State Council
- Zheng Shanjie, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
- Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce
- Ma Zhaoxu, Executive Vice Foreign Minister
- Ambassador Xie Feng, Chinese Ambassador to the United States
- Hong Lei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Protocol Department
- Cai Wei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs
- Mao Ning, Director General, Department of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Zhang Quan, Secretary to Madame Peng
- Zhang Yongchao, Deputy Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Tang Fangyu, Director, Central Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee
- Lan Fo’an, Minister of Finance
- Wang Dan, Wife of Ambassador Xie Feng
- Zhou Hongxu, Deputy Director, General Office of the CPC Central Committee Director, Central Security Bureau
- Ms. Ivanka Trump
- Mr. Eric Trump
- Ms. Lara Trump
- Ms. Tiffany Trump
- Mr. Michael Boulos
- Mr. Viktor Knavs
- Ms. Arabella Kushner
- Jensen Huang, Nvidia, CEO
- Lori Huang, Spouse of Jensen Huang
- Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, CEO
- Dr. Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices, CEO
- Daniel Lin, Spouse of Lisa Su
- Tim Cook, Chairman of the Board of Apple
- John F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs EVP and Secretary to the Board
- Lynn Martin, President of the NYSE
- Linda Mills, President of New York University
- Eric Yuan, Zoom, CEO
- Lyu Luhua, Secretary to the President
- Kelly Ortberg, Boeing, CEO
- Larry Fink, Blackrock, CEO
- Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, CEO
- Sam Altman, OpenAI, CEO
- Greg Brockman, OpenAI, President & Co-Founder
- Anna Brockman, Wife of Greg Brockman
- Dr. Miriam Adelson, Las Vegas Sand, Controlling Shareholder
- Sergey Brin, Google/Alphabet, Co-Founder
- Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto, Partner of Sergey Brin
- Satya Nadella, Microsoft, Chairman & CEO
- Jim Taiclet, Lockheed Martin, Chairman, President & CEO
- Sundar Pichai, Google, CEO
- Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, CEO
- Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron, CEO
- Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm, CEO
- Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Chairman
- Lauren Sanchez-Bezos, Spouse of Jeff Bezos
- Jeff Yass, TikTok
- Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan, CEO
- Michael Dell, Dell, CEO
- Mary Barra, General Motors, CEO
- David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, CEO
- Jane Fraser, Citi, CEO
- Elon Musk, SpaceX & Tesla, CEO
- Darren Woods, ExxonMobil, CEO
- Chief Justice John Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice
- Jane Sullivan Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice Spouse
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Justice
- Jesse Barrett, Supreme Court Justice Spouse
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice
- Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse of Supreme Court Justice
- Speaker Mike Johnson, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana
- Kelly Johnson, Spouse of Speaker Mike Johnson
- Bret Baier, FOX News, American Journalist and Host
- Amy Baier, Spouse of Brett Baier
- Laura Ingraham, FOX News, American Television Presenter
- Representative Richard McCormick, United States House of Representatives, Georgia
- Jesse Watters, FOX News Host
- Emma Watters, Spouse of Jesse Watters
- David Ellison, Paramount Skydance, CEO
- Susan Dell, Spouse to Michael Dell
- Kevin Warsh, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
- Jane Lauder, Spouse to Kevin Warsh
- Secretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce
- Allison Lutnick, Spouse to Secretary Lutnick
- Director John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- Michelle Ratcliffe, Spouse to Director Ratcliffe
- Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to Middle East
- Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Assistant to the President
- Katie Miller, Spouse of Stephen Miller
- Dan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant to the President
- Erin Scavino, Spouse to Dan Scavino
- Attorney General Todd Blanche, Attorney General of the United States
- Kristine Blanche, Spouse to Attorney General Todd Blanche
- Meredith O’Rourke, The O’Rourke Group
- Secretary Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy
- Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health & Human Services
- Secretary Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education
- Secretary Doug Burgum, Secretary of Interior
- Kathryn Burgum, Spouse to Secretary Burgum
- Secretary Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation
- Rachel Campos-Duffy, Spouse of Sean Duffy
- Director Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management & Budget
- Administrator Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling, Acting Secretary of Labor
- Brad Gerstner, Altimeter, CEO
- Sangeeta Mehrota, Spouse of Sanjay Mehrotra
- Anthony Barra, Spouse of Mary Barra
- Kathy Woods, Spouse of Darren Woods
- Albert Bourla, Pfizer, CEO
- David Sacks, Co-chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
- Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Small Business Administrator
- Jeff Sprecher, Spouse of Kelly Loeffler
- Katie Simpson, Fiancé to Brad Gerstner
- Representative Jason Smith, United States House of Representatives, Missouri
- Senator Steven Daines, United States Senator, Montana
- General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Director Jay Clayton, Director of Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Bernard Arnault, LVMH, CEO
- Alexandre Arnault, Son of Bernard Arnault
- Ryan McInerey, Visa, CEO
- Michael Miebach, Mastercard, CEO
- Sandra Lynn Ellison, Spouse of David Ellison
- Cheryl Hines, Spouse of Secretary Kennedy
—CNBC’s Hui Jie Lim, David Sucherman and Bria Cousins contributed to this report
Correction: This story has been updated to remove an incorrect reference to the number of Chinese officials present.
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