Tech, EV and aerospace executives likely to join Xi’s US trip to mirror Trump team
China is planning to send a delegation of tech, EV, and aerospace executives to accompany President Xi Jinping on his upcoming visit to Washington. The move is intended to mirror a similar delegation of American CEOs that accompanied President Trump to Beijing earlier this year.
Why it matters
This diplomatic maneuver highlights the ongoing efforts to manage US-China economic relations through reciprocal business engagement despite underlying geopolitical tensions.
Beijing is weighing plans to send a group of top tech, electric vehicle and aerospace executives to accompany Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington later this month, as the two sides race to finalise details for the closely watched visit.
The South China Morning Post first reported on August 28 that Chinese and US officials were negotiating whether business leaders would join Xi’s delegation to the US. However, details about who might be included have not been previously reported.
According to sources, while specifics of the delegation are still being ironed out, China has approached the selection with the aim of modelling the American CEO delegation that followed US President Donald Trump to China earlier this year.
This meant that the Chinese delegation was expected to comprise business leaders from the tech, finance, EV and aerospace sectors, they said.
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