State visit by Donald Trump to China
Part of China–United States relations
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on 14 May 2026
Date 13 to 15 May 2026
Location Beijing
Type State visit
Participants U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Chinese leader Xi Jinping
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi

From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second presidency. Trump's first state visit to China occurred in November 2017 when he was received by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during his first presidency. This was also the first time a U.S. president had visited China in almost nine years, the last time being Trump's visit in 2017.

During the visit, Trump was received by Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, where the two leaders held talks. Xi announced the two sides had agreed to establish a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability. Following the talks, Xi and Trump visited the Temple of Heaven, the second US president to visit the Temple while in office after President Gerald Ford in 1975. Later, Xi hosted Trump for a dinner banquet at the Golden Room of the Great Hall of the People. Trump invited Xi for a state visit to the United States on 24 September 2026. At the second day of the visit on 15 May, Trump visited the Chinese leadership compound Zhongnanhai.

Background

President and CCP general secretary Xi Jinping and United States President Donald Trump held their first meeting during Trump's second presidency at the Busan Summit on 30 October 2025. At the meeting, Trump announced plans to visit China in April of the following year and invited Xi to visit the United States at an appropriate time.[1] The state visit was planned for the first week of April, but the meeting was postponed to May due to the 2026 Iran war.[2][3] On 25 March, The White House announced Trump's visit would last from 12 to 15 May.[4][5][6]

In the lead-up to the summit, regional security concerns regarding the conflict with Iran became a key diplomatic focus. On 16 April, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Beijing had provided high-level assurances to the White House that it would not send weapons to Iran, explicitly ruling out the potential transfer of surface-to-air missiles to the Iranian military. Hegseth attributed this breakthrough to the "strong and direct relationship" between President Trump and Xi Jinping, noting that the assurances were vital for the upcoming meeting in Beijing.[7]

The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on 13 February with Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister. The two sides also discussed President Donald Trump's planned visit to China.[8] On 30 April, Wang Yi held a phone call with Marco Rubio to conduct preliminary communication regarding subsequent head-of-state diplomacy.[9] Steve Daines led the first bipartisan U.S. Senate delegation to visit China since President Donald Trump took office in 2025, with the group traveling to Beijing and Shanghai to meet Chinese officials and visit technology companies. On 7 May, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji separately met with the delegation in Beijing.[10][11]

An US Air Force C-17 plane landed at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 May 2026

On 3 May, the South China Morning Post reported that two US Air Force C-17 planes were spotted landing at Beijing Capital International Airport. These planes are routinely used to transport the president or vice-president's motorcade and support gear—including the "heavily armed presidential motorcade" known as "The Beast"—before overseas trips. The incident therefore ignited speculation that it was in preparation for Trump's planned visit to China.[12] On 6 May, two black SUVs with tinted windows and US government plates were spotted in a Beijing highway, thought to be in preparation of Trump's visit.[13]

On 11 May, Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that Trump will pay a state visit to China from 12 May to 15 May. The US principal deputy press secretary Anna Kelly stated that Trump will visit the Temple of Heaven and a state banquet during this visit.[14] On 11 May, Trump announced he would have a discussion with Xi Jinping on the matter of arms sales to Taiwan, breaking with the Six Assurances.[15] Trump posted on Truth Social and stated that he was looking forward to trip to China, which he called "an amazing country".[16] On 13 May, the Chinese Embassy to the US posted on X stating "four red lines in China-US relations must not be challenged", namely "the Taiwan Question", "Democracy and Human Rights", "Paths and Political Systems" and "China's Development Right".[17]

Delegation

In addition to Trump, the US delegation includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is a Chinese sanctioned individual, also headed to Beijing with Trump for the first time. According to reports, this arrangement might have been made possible after China changed his name's transliteration.[18] Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is also part of the delegation, making him the first secretary of defense to accompany the US president on a state visit to China.[19][20] Other US governments attending include Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Beau Harrison, Deputy National Security Advisor Robert Gabriel, Director of Communications Steven Cheung, the President's Science and Tech Advisor Michael Kratsios, Speechwriting Advisor Ross Worthington, Oval Office Operations Director Walt Nauta and Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley.[17][21] Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent joined the trip after having met with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in South Korea.[22]

Within the Trump family, Trump's son Eric and his wife Lara also joined the visit.[21] On 12 April, a spokesperson for The Trump Organisation told Reuters, Eric and Lara Trump "will accompany Trump in a personal capacity on the May 12 to 15 visit." Reuters noted that this may represent a conflict of interest, given that "Trump's personal wealth and business dealings are managed ⁠by Eric and other members of his family."[23] Unlike in 2017, Trump's wife Melania did not join the trip.[21]

On 8 May, news circulated that a delegation of American CEOs representing the business community would join Trump on his visit.[24] The White House distributed a list of business executives who would visit with Trump on 11 May, including Elon Musk of Tesla and Tim Cook of Apple Inc.[25] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who had not been invited initially, also flew to Alaska to board Air Force One and headed to China with Trump.[26]

The final list of CEOs includes:[27]

  • Tim Cook (Apple)
  • Larry Fink (BlackRock)
  • Stephen A. Schwarzman (Blackstone)
  • Kelly Ortberg (Boeing)
  • Brian Sikes (Cargill)
  • Chuck Robbins (Cisco)
  • Jane Fraser (Citigroup)
  • Jim Anderson (Coherent)
  • Larry Culp (General Electric)
  • David Solomon (Goldman Sachs)
  • Jacob Thaysen (Illumina)
  • Michael Miebach (Mastercard)
  • Dina Powell (Meta)
  • Sanjay Mehrotra (Micron)
  • Jensen Huang (Nvidia)
  • Cristiano Amon (Qualcomm)
  • Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX)
  • Ryan McInerney (Visa)

Unlike the other CEOs, Musk and Huang directly travelled with Trump on Air Force One.[28]

Visit

May 12–13

Donald Trump left the White House and headed to China on 12 May

In the morning, Trump left the White House and boarded Air Force One.[29] In the evening, Air Force One made a refueling stop at Anchorage. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who had not been invited initially, boarded to join the delegation.[26]

Trump arrived in Beijing and shook hands with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on 13 May evening

In the evening of Beijing, Trump arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport, where he was greeted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, and US Ambassador to China David Perdue, as well as a military honor guard, a military band and around 300 Chinese students waving Chinese and American flags.[30] Trump and his entourage then boarded a motorcade, which later arrived at the Four Seasons Beijing Hotel, while other members of the delegation would stay at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Yansha Center.[31]

May 14

Welcome ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People on 14 May

At 10 AM, Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People, where he was greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping and received an opening ceremony featuring the national anthems of the United States and China, after which they inspected troops of the People's Liberation Army and then greeted children waving Chinese and American flags. Afterwards, Trump and Xi shook hands and entered the Great Hall of the People, where they held talks.[32][33] The US side of the talks included Rubio, Hegseth, Greer and Bessent, while the Chinese side included Chinese Communist Party General Office Director Cai Qi, Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Director and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, and Vice Premier He Lifeng.[34]

A delegation of American CEOs on the American side during the meeting

During the opening remarks of the talks, Xi said that "the whole world is watching our meeting. Currently, a transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe, and the international situation is fluid and turbulent". He added asking whether China and the US could escape the Thucydides trap and create a "new paradigm of relations". He congratulated the US on its 250th anniversary and added that China and the US "should be partners not rivals".[32] He said that China and the US had agreed to establish a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability, which he said included "benign stability with competition kept within bounds, a normalized stability in which differences are kept manageable, and an enduring stability in which peace can be expected".[34] Xi said "the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations", adding "If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy".[35] Xi said "'Taiwan independence' and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water' while adding that peace in the Taiwan Strait is the "greatest common ground between China and the United States".[32]

Trump told Xi, "You're a great leader, sometimes people don't like me saying it, but I say it anyway".[35] He said some people called this "the biggest summit ever" and that he looks forward "very much" to the discussions. He added, "It's an honor to be with you, it's an honor to be your friend", while saying he hoped the relationship would be "better than ever before".[32] The two leaders then had talks behind closed doors following the opening remarks. The talks lasted two hours in total, double the duration originally scheduled. The two leaders exchanged views on the Iran war, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the Korean Peninsula.[34] The White House stated that the two sides had "discussed ways to enhance economic cooperation", including by US companies' access to the Chinese economy and Chinese investment in US industries. The statement also said they discussed the importance of ending the flow of fentanyl precursors into the US. Regarding the Iran war, the White House said "both countries agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon" and that "the two sides agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to support the free flow of energy", while adding Xi had expressed opposition to the militarization of the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to charge a toll for its use and expressed interest in China buying oil from the US.[32]

Trump and Xi Jinping visited the Temple of Heaven
Xi hosted Trump for a dinner banquet at the Golden Room of the Great Hall of the People

After the talks, Xi met with US business executives who joined the trip, telling them China's door would only open wider to US businesses, and that US companies were deeply involved in the Chinese economy, benefiting both sides. Afterwards, Xi and Trump visited the Temple of Heaven, which Trump called a "Great place, incredible", adding "China's beautiful". This made Trump the second US president to visit the Temple while in office, after President Gerald Ford did so in 1975.[32] Later, Xi hosted Trump for a dinner banquet at the Golden Room of the Great Hall of the People. Xi gave a speech, where he said the "great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation" and "Make America great again" can go hand in hand. He called the China-US relationship the most important in the world, adding that it concerns the well-being of the two countries of 1.7 billion population, and the interests of over 8 billion people in the world. After concluding his speech, he raised a toast to the development and future of the two countries.[32] Afterwards, Trump gave a speech, praising the "magnificent welcome like no other" and said, "It was a great honour to be with Xi". He talked about the history of the relationship between two nations, saying "Benjamin Franklin published the sayings of Confucius in his colonial newspaper" and said a sculpture of Confucius was "carved into the face of the United States Supreme Court". He added "At the request of China’s ambassador, it was president Theodore Roosevelt who provided the funds to establish President Xi’s alma mater, Tsinghua University".[36] He also invited Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, to visit the White House on 24 September 2026.[32]

The menu of the state banquet that night was circulated online afterward. It included cold dishes, golden lobster soup, crispy beef, Peking duck, bean soup with fresh vegetables, salmon with mustard sauce, pan-fried buns with ice flowers, conch pastry, tiramisu, fruit, ice cream, coffee, tea, as well as Great Wall Chief Winemaker's Selected Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 from Hebei, China and Changyu Reserve Chardonnay 2016 from Beijing, China. It was also rumored that the People's Liberation Army Military Band played 6 Chinese songs and 6 American songs during the state banquet. The Chinese songs included "Butterfly Lovers" and "Ru Yuan" sung by Faye Wong, while the last song played was Trump's campaign song "Y.M.C.A."[37]

May 15

Trump and Xi Jinping visited Zhongnanhai
Trump left Beijing after his visit to the Zhongnanhai

In the final day of the visit, Trump visited Zhongnanhai, where they strolled around the gardens and passed through the Yundou Gate. When asked by Trump if he brought other dignitaries into the Zhongnanhai, Xi replied "Very few, we usually don’t hold diplomatic events here. Even after we started having some, it’s still extremely rare", while adding Russian President Vladimir Putin had visited several times.[32] Xi and Trump later held talks in a Zhongnanhai room. In a press briefing, Trump said they "settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn't have been able to solve".[32] Xi said the Zhongnanhai "is the place where leaders of the party and the central government of China work and live, including myself" and added "After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, we have been here, including Chinese leaders: Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and so on".[38] He said "This place used to be part of the imperial garden, there is a lot of history in this compound" and noted one of the trees Xi and Trump saw in the garden was 490 years old, adding "In other places within this compound, there are trees that have lived to be over 1,000 years old". Xi also said he would send seeds of the Chinese roses he and Trump saw in the garden to Trump as a gift. After his visit to the Zhongnanhai, Trump left for Beijing Capital International Airport, where he embarked on Air Force One and left China.[32]

Results

The United States Department of Commerce granted approval for 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group, Tencent, ByteDance, and JD.com, and distributors including Lenovo and Foxconn, to purchase NVIDIA's H200 chips.[39]

Trump announced that China had agreed to order 200 airplanes from Boeing. Although this is the first Chinese purchase of airplanes manufactured from U.S. companies since an order of 300 airplanes was made during Trump's previous state visit to China in 2017, this was below the 500 airplanes that the industry had discussed.[40] After the visit, Trump had an interview with Fox News where he warned Taiwan against independence, saying "I'm not looking to have somebody go independent" and "we're not looking to have somebody say, 'Let's go independent because the United States is backing us."[41]

Analysis and reactions

Some experts state that the ongoing 2026 Iran war could give China greater leverage when dealing with Donald Trump, given that the U.S. had diverted resources away from South Korea and Japan to the Middle East, which could be used during a potential conflict over Taiwan.[42][43]

In an analysis published before the summit, the Council on Foreign Relations described the meeting as an effort to stabilize U.S.–China relations rather than resolve long-standing disputes between the two countries. The report cited continuing disagreements over China's economic policies, Taiwan, freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, and Beijing's relations with countries viewed by the United States as strategic adversaries, including Russia, Iran, and North Korea. It also highlighted China's trade with Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war, including exports of dual-use goods and imports of Russian energy products, as a continuing source of tension between Washington and Beijing.[44]

Chinese media praised the trip, with Global Times saying "Head-of-state diplomacy plays an irreplaceable role in providing strategic guidance for China-US relations" and that "The future of China-US relations is bright".[45] People's Daily published an editorial under the penname Guo Jiping titled "China-US Relations Cannot Go Back to the Past, But Can Have a Better Future", which said that the relationship between China and the US had become more equal. It stated that "China does not challenge or seek to replace the United States and welcomes its prosperity and development", but also that any attempts to contain China would end in failure. It also added that rather than seeing the relationship as a zero-sum game, the US should cooperate with China to solve global problems.[46]

See also

  • 2015 state visit by Xi Jinping to the United States
  • 2017 state visit by Donald Trump to China
  • APEC China 2026
  • China–United States relations
  • List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump

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