Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the United States from 23 to 25 September 2026 at the invitation of President Donald Trump, according to the announcement by China’s foreign ministry carried by Reuters.

Xi arrives on the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 September, at Joint Base Andrews, where Trump will greet him on the tarmac; the arrival ceremony on the White House South Lawn, with 479 members of the United States Armed Forces, the military review in the Rose Garden and the state dinner are set for Thursday, 24 September, according to the White House. It is the first state visit by a Chinese president to the United States in 11 years, according to ABC News, which lists artificial intelligence (AI), tariffs, rare earths, technology and agricultural trade on the agenda. Beijing presents the trip as the consolidation of the “constructive relationship of strategic stability” agreed at the May meeting in Beijing and notes that it closes an exchange of visits between the two presidents within six months, according to the State Council of China. For Scott Kennedy, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, the most likely outcome is an extension of the trade ceasefire struck at the Busan summit in October 2025, which expires on 10 November, with deals on specific goods such as agricultural products and Boeing aircraft: “most of this will be theatre,” he told ABC News.