{"id":70202,"date":"2026-05-14T00:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70202\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:29:10","slug":"in-photos-trump-lands-in-beijing-ahead-of-high-stakes-summit-with-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70202\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: Trump lands in Beijing ahead of high-stakes summit with Xi"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time, kicking off a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping<\/a>, the first such meeting in nearly nine years.<\/p>\n

The president was greeted at the airport by China’s Vice President Han Zheng, a military band, and hundreds of young people waving flags. <\/p>\n

Trump is scheduled to meet Xi on Thursday around 10 a.m. local time for an arrival ceremony, followed by a full day of meetings and events. <\/p>\n

The high-stakes summit is expected to cover a wide range of contentious topics<\/a>, including trade, technology, export controls, Taiwan, and the Iran war, which is likely to feature prominently in the talks. <\/p>\n

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng held an hours-long preparatory meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, focused on economic and trade issues. Beijing later described it as “candid, in-depth and constructive.” <\/p>\n

Expectations for concrete deliverables from the summit remain low, however, as structural competition and distrust between the two superpowers run deep.<\/p>\n

Trump is accompanied by a delegation of high-profile business leaders, including tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. <\/p>\n

Trump and Xi will have a bilateral tea and working lunch on Friday, before the U.S. leader returns to Washington.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Take a look at some of the photos below.<\/p>\n

Trump arrives in Beijing<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing to kick off a landmark state visit in China on May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images<\/p>\n

300 Chinese youth greeting Trump<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) is escorted by China’s Vice President Han Zheng (R) upon his arrival at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Elon Musk on the red carpet with Trump<\/p>\n

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk follows U.S. President Donald Trump on the red carpet upon arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 13, 2026 in Beijing, China. <\/p>\n

Alex Wong | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Onlookers hoping to catch a glimpse of Trump<\/p>\n

People gather to watch U.S. President Donald Trump’s Air Force One arrives at Beijing Capital Airport on May 13, 2026 in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n

Fred Lee | Getty Images News | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Flags of the U.S. and China adorn Tiananmen Gate<\/p>\n

The national flags of the United States and China hang on In front of Tiananmen Gate on May 13, 2026 in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n

Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News | Getty Images<\/p>\n

U.S. military planes in Beijing ahead of Trump’s arrival<\/p>\n

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s China visit on May 12, 2026 in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n

Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Read more Trump-Xi meeting coverageChoose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time, kicking off a two-day summit with Chinese…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4135,260,1578,1699,38,12,1579,1490,40255,1488,1009,51,10,11,3580,6016,8970],"class_list":{"0":"post-70202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-donald-trump","8":"tag-asia-economy","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-breaking-news-economy","11":"tag-breaking-news-politics","12":"tag-business-news","13":"tag-donald-trump","14":"tag-economy","15":"tag-foreign-policy","16":"tag-han-zheng","17":"tag-jr","18":"tag-nvidia-corp","19":"tag-politics","20":"tag-potus","21":"tag-president-of-the-united-states","22":"tag-scott-bessent","23":"tag-tesla-inc","24":"tag-xi-jinping"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116570106275454829","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}