Who attended the Trump-Xi state dinner

Who attended the Trump-Xi state dinner

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.

Aly Song | Reuters

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.

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. TrumpFirst Lady Melania TrumpPresident Xi JinpingMadame Peng LiyuanVice President JD VanceSecond Lady Usha VanceSecretary of State Marco RubioJeanette Rubio, Spouse of the Secretary of StateChief of Staff Susie WilesU.S. Ambassador to China David PerdueBonnie Perdue, Spouse of the U.S. Ambassador to ChinaSecretary of the Treasury Scott BessentJohn Freeman, Spouse of the Secretary of the TreasurySecretary of War Pete HegsethAmbassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative Marlo Greer, Spouse of Ambassador GreerCai Qi, CPC Political Bureau Standing Committee Member, Chief of Staff to President XiWang Yi, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee MemberHe Lifeng, CPC Political Bureau Central Committee, Vice Premier of State CouncilZheng Shanjie, Chairman of the National Development and Reform CommissionWang Wentao, Minister of Commerce Ma Zhaoxu, Executive Vice Foreign MinisterAmbassador Xie Feng, Chinese Ambassador to the United StatesHong Lei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Protocol DepartmentCai Wei, Assistant Foreign Minister Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian AffairsMao Ning, Director General, Department of Press, Communication and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign AffairsZhang Quan, Secretary to Madame PengZhang Yongchao, Deputy Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign AffairsTang Fangyu, Director, Central Policy Research Office of the CPC Central CommitteeLan Fo’an, Minister of Finance   Wang Dan, Wife of Ambassador Xie FengZhou Hongxu, Deputy Director, General Office of the CPC Central Committee Director, Central Security BureauMs. Ivanka Trump     Mr. Eric Trump     Ms. Lara Trump     Ms. Tiffany Trump     Mr. Michael Boulos     Mr. Viktor Knavs     Ms. Arabella Kushner     Jensen Huang, Nvidia, CEOLori Huang, Spouse of Jensen HuangMark Zuckerberg, Meta, CEODr. Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices, CEODaniel Lin, Spouse of Lisa SuTim Cook, Chairman of the Board of AppleJohn F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs EVP and Secretary to the BoardLynn Martin, President of the NYSELinda Mills, President of New York UniversityEric Yuan, Zoom, CEOLyu Luhua, Secretary to the PresidentKelly Ortberg, Boeing, CEOLarry Fink, Blackrock, CEOStephen Schwarzman, Blackstone, CEOSam Altman, OpenAI, CEOGreg Brockman, OpenAI, President & Co-FounderAnna Brockman, Wife of Greg BrockmanDr. Miriam Adelson, Las Vegas Sand, Controlling ShareholderSergey Brin, Google/Alphabet, Co-FounderGerelyn Gilbert-Soto, Partner of Sergey BrinSatya Nadella, Microsoft, Chairman & CEOJim Taiclet, Lockheed Martin, Chairman, President & CEOSundar Pichai, Google, CEO Larry Culp, GE Aerospace, CEOSanjay Mehrotra, Micron, CEOCristiano Amon, Qualcomm, CEOJeff Bezos, Amazon, ChairmanLauren Sanchez-Bezos, Spouse of Jeff BezosJeff Yass, TikTokJamie Dimon, JP Morgan, CEOMichael Dell, Dell, CEO Mary Barra, General Motors, CEODavid Solomon, Goldman Sachs, CEOJane Fraser, Citi, CEOElon Musk, SpaceX & Tesla, CEODarren Woods, ExxonMobil, CEOChief Justice John Roberts, Chief Supreme Court JusticeJane Sullivan Roberts, Chief Supreme Court Justice SpouseJustice Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court JusticeJesse Barrett, Supreme Court Justice SpouseJustice Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court JusticeAshley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse of Supreme Court Justice Speaker Mike Johnson, United States House of Representatives, LouisianaKelly Johnson, Spouse of Speaker Mike JohnsonBret Baier, FOX News, American Journalist and HostAmy Baier, Spouse of Brett BaierLaura Ingraham, FOX News, American Television PresenterRepresentative Richard McCormick, United States House of Representatives, GeorgiaJesse Watters, FOX News HostEmma Watters, Spouse of Jesse WattersDavid Ellison, Paramount Skydance, CEOSusan Dell, Spouse to Michael DellKevin Warsh, Chairman of the Federal ReserveJane Lauder, Spouse to Kevin WarshSecretary Howard Lutnick, Secretary of CommerceAllison Lutnick, Spouse to Secretary LutnickDirector John Ratcliffe, Director of the Central Intelligence AgencyMichelle Ratcliffe, Spouse to Director RatcliffeSpecial Envoy Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to Middle EastStephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Assistant to the PresidentKatie Miller, Spouse of Stephen MillerDan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant to the PresidentErin Scavino, Spouse to Dan ScavinoAttorney General Todd Blanche, Attorney General of the United StatesKristine Blanche, Spouse to Attorney General Todd BlancheMeredith O’Rourke, The O’Rourke GroupSecretary Chris Wright, Secretary of EnergySecretary Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health & Human ServicesSecretary Linda McMahon, Secretary of EducationSecretary Doug Burgum, Secretary of InteriorKathryn Burgum, Spouse to Secretary BurgumSecretary Sean Duffy, Secretary of TransportationRachel Campos-Duffy, Spouse of Sean DuffyDirector Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management & BudgetAdministrator Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyActing Secretary Keith Sonderling, Acting Secretary of LaborBrad Gerstner, Altimeter, CEOSangeeta Mehrota, Spouse of Sanjay MehrotraAnthony Barra, Spouse of Mary BarraKathy Woods, Spouse of Darren WoodsAlbert Bourla, Pfizer, CEODavid Sacks, Co-chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and TechnologyAdministrator Kelly Loeffler, Small Business AdministratorJeff Sprecher, Spouse of Kelly LoefflerKatie Simpson, Fiancé to Brad GerstnerRepresentative Jason Smith, United States House of Representatives, MissouriSenator Steven Daines, United States Senator, MontanaGeneral Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffDirector Jay Clayton, Director of Office of the Director of National IntelligenceBernard Arnault, LVMH, CEOAlexandre Arnault, Son of Bernard ArnaultRyan McInerey, Visa, CEOMichael Miebach, Mastercard, CEOSandra Lynn Ellison, Spouse of David EllisonCheryl 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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