Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to attend a state dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a person familiar with the matter. Trump is scheduled to meet with Xi in Washington on September 24.
Huang’s expected attendance places one of the world’s most prominent AI executives at a high-profile diplomatic gathering involving the two countries at the center of the global AI race. Nvidia supplies semiconductors widely used by AI developers, making the company a significant player in discussions surrounding advanced AI technology and its international development.
The event also comes as Washington and Beijing continue to navigate broader economic and technology issues. AI and advanced semiconductors remain important areas of competition between the US and China, giving Huang’s presence additional relevance for the technology sector.
The significance of the dinner extends beyond Huang’s role at Nvidia. State dinners are among the highest diplomatic honors a US president can offer a foreign leader, and the event is notable given the broader strategic competition between Washington and Beijing.
Huang previously attended a state dinner hosted by Xi for Trump during the US president’s visit to China in May, alongside other prominent US technology executives. The upcoming gathering will therefore place Nvidia’s CEO once again at the intersection of US-China diplomacy, artificial intelligence and semiconductor policy.
