Factbox: Trump Hosts White House State Dinner for Xi — Guest List Includes Musk, Jensen Huang and Bernard Arnault

President Donald Trump hosted a State Dinner at the White House on Thursday in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The White House released an invited-guest list that includes senior U.S. officials, high-ranking Chinese leaders and an array of prominent business and technology executives.

U.S. Officials

• JD Vance, Vice President
• Usha Vance, Second Lady
• Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State
• Jeanette Rubio, Spouse of Marco Rubio
• Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff
• David Perdue, U.S. Ambassador to China
• Bonnie Perdue, Spouse of David Perdue
• Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• John Freeman, Spouse of Scott Bessent
• Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
• Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative
• Marlo Greer, Spouse of Jamieson Greer
• John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Jane Sullivan Roberts, Spouse of John Roberts
• Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Jesse Barrett, Spouse of Amy Coney Barrett
• Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, Spouse of Brett Kavanaugh
• Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Kelly Johnson, Spouse of Mike Johnson
• Richard McCormick, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Kevin Warsh, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
• Jane Lauder, Spouse of Kevin Warsh
• Howard Lutnick, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Allison Lutnick, Spouse of Howard Lutnick
• John Ratcliffe, CIA Director
• Michele Ratcliffe, Spouse of John Ratcliffe
• Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East
• Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
• Katie Miller, Spouse of Stephen Miller
• Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
• Erin Scavino, Spouse of Dan Scavino
• Todd Blanche, Attorney General
• Kristine Blanche, Spouse of Todd Blanche
• Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Cheryl Hines, Spouse of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Linda McMahon, U.S. Secretary of Education
• Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior
• Kathryn Burgum, Spouse of Doug Burgum
• Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation
• Rachel Campos-Duffy, Spouse of Sean Duffy
• Russell Vought, White House Budget Director
• Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Keith Sonderling, Acting Secretary of Labor
• Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
• Jeffrey Sprecher, Spouse of Kelly Loeffler
• Jason Smith, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Steven Daines, Member of the U.S. Senate
• Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Jay Clayton, Director of National Intelligence

Chinese Officials

• Cai Qi, Member of the Politburo Standing Committee
• Wang Yi, Foreign Minister
• He Lifeng, Vice Premier
• Zheng Shanjie, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission
• Wang Wentao, Commerce Minister
• Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Foreign Minister
• Xie Feng, Ambassador to the U.S.
• Wang Dan, Spouse of Ambassador Xie Feng
• Tang Fangyu, Director of the Central Policy Research Office
• Lan Fo'an, Finance Minister
• Zhou Hongxu, Director of the Central Security Bureau
• Lyu Luhua, Secretary to President Xi
• Hong Lei, Assistant Foreign Minister
• Cai Wei, Assistant Foreign Minister
• Mao Ning, Spokesperson for the 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

Other Guests

• Ivanka Trump
• Eric Trump
• Lara Trump
• Tiffany Trump
• Michael Boulos
• Viktor Knavs
• Arabella Kushner
• Jensen Huang, Nvidia
• Lori Huang, Spouse of Jensen Huang
• Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms
• Lisa Su, Advanced Micro Devices
• Daniel Lin, Spouse of Lisa Su
• Tim Cook, Apple
• John F.W. Rogers, Goldman Sachs
• Lynn Martin, New York Stock Exchange
• Linda Mills, New York University
• Eric Yuan, Zoom (CEO)
• Kelly Ortberg, Boeing
• Larry Fink, BlackRock
• Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone
• Sam Altman, OpenAI
• Greg Brockman, OpenAI
• Anna Brockman, Spouse of Greg Brockman
• Miriam Adelson, Las Vegas Sands
• Sergey Brin, Google
• Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto, Partner of Sergey Brin
• Satya Nadella, Microsoft
• Jim Taiclet, Lockheed Martin
• Sundar Pichai, Google
• Larry Culp, GE Aerospace
• Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron
• Sangeeta Mehrotra, Spouse of Sanjay Mehrotra
• Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm
• Jeff Bezos, Amazon
• Lauren Sánchez Bezos, Spouse of Jeff Bezos
• Jeff Yass, Susquehanna International Group
• Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase
• Michael Dell, Dell Technologies
• Susan Dell, Spouse of Michael Dell
• Mary Barra, General Motors
• Anthony Barra, Spouse of Mary Barra
• David Solomon, Goldman Sachs
• Jane Fraser, Citigroup
• Elon Musk, SpaceX
• Darren Woods, ExxonMobil
• Kathryn Woods, Spouse of Darren Woods
• Bret Baier, FOX News
• Amy Baier, Spouse of Bret Baier
• Laura Ingraham, FOX News
• Jesse Watters, FOX News
• Emma Watters, Spouse of Jesse Watters
• David Ellison, Paramount Skydance
• Sandra Lynn Ellison, Spouse of David Ellison
• Brad Gerstner, Altimeter
• Katie Simpson, Partner of Brad Gerstner
• Albert Bourla, Pfizer
• David Sacks, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Craft Ventures
• Bernard Arnault, LVMH
• Alexandre Arnault, Son of Bernard Arnault
• Ryan McInerney, Visa
• Michael Miebach, Mastercard
• Meredith O'Rourke, The O'Rourke Group

Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Editing by Stephen Coates

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife Lori Huang attend a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 24, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, September 24, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein