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Full list: Who attended White House State Dinner for China’s Xi Jinping?

Tech titans including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Tim Cook were among those invited to the event, hosted by President Trump and Melania Trump.

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Tech titans including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Tim Cook were among those invited to the event, hosted by President Trump and Melania Trump.

2 min readSep 27, 2026 05:31 AM IST First published on: Sep 25, 2026 at 10:31 AM IST

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President Donald Trump talks with China's President Xi Jinping during a State Dinner in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

More than 130 guests attended a White House state dinner on Thursday hosted by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in honour of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, according to a guest list released by the White House. The Chinese delegation was notably small, with just seven officials accompanying Xi and Peng alongside the two presidential couples.

The American side, by contrast, featured a heavy presence of top tech executives, with major companies including Nvidia, Apple, Meta and OpenAI represented. Guests included Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Apple’s Tim Cook.

Here is the list of invited guests, according to the White House press office. US officials

White House, September 24, 2026

Who got a seat at Trump and Xi’s table

The official state dinner guest list, released by the White House on September 24, 2026. Pick a group to see who was in the room.

134guests invited

134 guests, 95 invitations17 from Beijing's side16 tech bosses at one dinner3 Supreme Court justices3 Fox News hostsFed chair Kevin Warsh on the listBoth Google chiefs, Brin and PichaiOpenAI sent two134 guests, 95 invitations17 from Beijing's side16 tech bosses at one dinner3 Supreme Court justices3 Fox News hostsFed chair Kevin Warsh on the listBoth Google chiefs, Brin and PichaiOpenAI sent two

Business leaders on the state dinner guest list — The boardroom came to dinner. 32 of the business leaders on the guest list. Image via The Indian Express World ↗

Everyone95US administration27China delegation17Tech16Money12Industry9Court & Congress7Media3Family4

President Donald Trump

Host

with Melania Trump

JD Vance

Vice President

with Usha Vance

Marco Rubio

Secretary of State

with Jeanette Rubio

Scott Bessent

Treasury Secretary

with John Freeman

Pete Hegseth

Secretary of War

Howard Lutnick

Commerce Secretary

with Allison Lutnick

Jamieson Greer

US Trade Representative

with Marlo Greer

Susie Wiles

Chief of Staff

Stephen Miller

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; Homeland Security Advisor

with Katie Miller

Dan Scavino

Deputy Chief of Staff

with Erin Scavino

David Perdue

Ambassador to China

with Bonnie Perdue

Todd Blanche

Attorney General

with Kristine Blanche

John Ratcliffe

CIA Director

with Michelle Ratcliffe

Jay Clayton

Director, Office of the DNI

Gen. Dan Caine

Chairman, Joint Chiefs

Steve Witkoff

Special Envoy, Middle East

Chris Wright

Energy Secretary

Robert F. Kennedy

Health & Human Services Secretary

with Cheryl Hines

Linda McMahon

Education Secretary

Doug Burgum

Interior Secretary

with Kathryn Burgum

Sean Duffy

Transportation Secretary

with Rachel Campos-Duffy

Russell Vought

OMB Director

Lee Zeldin

EPA Administrator

Keith Sonderling

Acting Labor Secretary

Kelly Loeffler

Small Business Administrator

with Jeff Sprecher

David Sacks

Co-chair, PCAST

Meredith O’Rourke

The O’Rourke Group

President Xi Jinping

Guest of honour

with Peng Liyuan

Cai Qi

Politburo Standing Committee; chief of staff to Xi

Wang Yi

CPC Politburo member

He Lifeng

Politburo member; Vice Premier

Zheng Shanjie

Chairman, NDRC

Wang Wentao

Commerce Minister

Lan Fo’an

Finance Minister

Ma Zhaoxu

Executive Vice Foreign Minister

Xie Feng

Ambassador to the US

with Wang Dan

Tang Fangyu

Central Policy Research Office

Zhou Hongxu

CPC General Office; Central Security Bureau

Lyu Luhua

Secretary to the President

Hong Lei

Assistant Foreign Minister; head of protocol

Cai Wei

Assistant Foreign Minister; North American affairs

Mao Ning

Foreign Ministry press chief

Zhang Quan

Secretary to Peng Liyuan

Zhang Yongchao

North American Affairs

Jensen Huang

NVIDIA

with Lori Huang

Elon Musk

SpaceX & Tesla

Mark Zuckerberg

Some moments from the State Dinner

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump

President Donald Trump toasts with Peng Liyuan during a State Dinner with China’s President Xi Jinping in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (Photo AP) Image via The Indian Express World ↗

President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan

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Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his spouse, Jeanette Rubio

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