White House Releases Exclusive Guest List for State Dinner Honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping
Discover who attended the White House state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping. View the full official guest list.
POLICY WIRE — Washington, United States — The White House has officially disclosed the attendee roster for Thursday’s high-profile state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan.
The distinguished gathering brought together prominent figures from politics, diplomacy, and the corporate sector. Among the notable administration officials present were Vice President JD Vance alongside second lady Usha Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Jeanette Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent paired with John Freeman, and U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue alongside Bonnie Perdue.
The high-level Chinese delegation included Cai Qi, who serves as chief of staff to Xi, Wang Yi from the CPC Political Bureau Central Committee, and China’s vice premier of State Council, He Lifeng. Additional attendees from Beijing featured Zheng Shanjie, Wang Wentao, Ma Zhaoxu, and Chinese ambassador to the United States Xie Feng alongside his spouse Wang Dan.
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Prominent corporate titans and business leaders also secured seats at the prestigious event, featuring tech executives such as OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman with his wife Anna Brockman, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang alongside Lori Huang, and Apple executive chairman Tim Cook. Other notable figures included Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin with Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto, Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, and Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos alongside Lauren Sanchez-Bezos.
The assembly further welcomed members of the Trump family, including Ivanka Trump with Arabella Kushner, Eric Trump with Lara Trump, Tiffany Trump with Michael Boulos, and Viktor Knavs, the father of Melania Trump. High-ranking members of the judiciary and legislative branches, media personalities, and cabinet secretaries rounded out the extensive official guest list released by the administration.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)