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Trump to Meet Xi Jinping in Beijing This Week
President Trump is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week. A U.S. delegation of technology executives will accompany him. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng is holding trade talks with U.S. officials in South Korea ahead of the summit.
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The discussions are expected to cover the technological competition between the United States and China, particularly in artificial intelligence. When Trump last visited China in 2017, artificial intelligence was not yet viewed as central to global power.
The situation has since changed. The Stanford 2026 AI Index Report states that the U.S. led in private AI investment with $285.9 billion in 2025, compared with China's $12.4 billion. The report also notes that the number of AI researchers and developers moving to the U.S. has dropped 89 percent since 2017, including an 80 percent decline in the past year.
China leads in publication volume, citations, patent output and industrial robot installations.
The Stanford report indicates the performance gap between leading U.S. and Chinese AI models has narrowed. U.S. and Chinese models have traded the lead several times since early 2025. As of March 2026, the top U.S. model led by 2.7 percent. China has become a leader in electric vehicles, batteries, renewable energy, robotics and digital infrastructure.
It is integrating AI into national infrastructure. The U.S. maintains leads in private AI companies, advanced chip design, cloud platforms, capital markets and elite universities. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng is in South Korea today to lead trade negotiations with U.S. officials before the expected summit.
A delegation of technology CEOs has been invited to accompany Trump to Beijing.
The business delegation reflects the importance of chip designers, cloud platforms, data-center operators, energy providers and infrastructure firms to AI development. When Trump visited China in 2017, the accompanying business delegation included companies such as Boeing, General Electric and Goldman Sachs.
