Highlights of US President
Donald Trump’s first China visit
United States President Donald Trump paid his first state visit to China from Nov 8-10 in Beijing.
China Daily brings you a detailed account of the events and exchanges between
President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart.
Nov 8
Palace Museum
Nov 9
Welcoming ceremony
Meetings and
signing ceremony
Met the press
State Banquet
Nov 10
Departure
Nov 8
The Trumps were welcomed by an elaborate high-level reception at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Nov 8
Tea talks
Palace Museum
(Forbidden City)
A "state visit-plus" reception
Nov 8
Relics repairing
Peking Opera 
Xi hosted Trump with iconic Chinese culture
Nov 9
Grand welcoming ceremony
Nov 9
Grand welcoming ceremony
Nov 9
Extended meeting
For China and the United States, cooperation is the only right choice,
Xi said.
There can be no more important subject than China-US relation, Trump said.
Nov 9
Signing ceremony
Xi said in a speech that the future for China-US economic and trade cooperation is bright.
Trump spoke highly of the contributions made by the business people to the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.
Nov 9
Met the press
Xi said he and Trump have achieved new consensus, and their meetings were constructive and yielded fruitful results.


Trump highlighted his personal friendship with Xi. "My feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one — as we said, there is great chemistry," Trump said.
Nov 9
State Banquet
Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan hosted a State Banquet for Trump and his wife Melania.
 
 
Delicate Chinese cuisine and popular Western dishes made a great mix for the menu at the State Banquet at the Great Hall of the People.

 
"In the coming months and years, I look forward to building an even stronger relationship between our two countries - China and the United States of America - and even closer friendships and relationships between the people of our two countries," Trump said.
Sources: China Daily, Xinhua
The successful development of both countries serves the interests of each other, and their good ties live up to the hope of the global
community, Xi said.
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