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Xi US State Visit
  • President ‎Xi and the first lady arrive for state visit

    President Xi Jinping and the first lady Peng Liyuan arrived outside of D.C. at Andrews Air Force Base just after 5:30pm Thursday.

  • Timeline of China-US diplomatic relations

    Our interactive timeline shows some of the major events between China and the United States over the past decades.

  • Obama’s greet President Xi and first lady for state dinner

    President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan to the White House for a state dinner.

  • Fact Sheet: Outcome list of Xi’s state visit to US

    Chinese President Xi Jinping has completed his first state visit to the United States. Here are some of the issues the two countries discussed.

  • First ladies play an increasingly more significant role

    When the White House needs a woman’s touch, American leaders have turned to the First Lady. 

  • Drawings of China’s first lady Peng Liyuan

      Recently China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has gained attention after cartoon drawings of her went viral online. The drawings were created by 22-year-old Jia Nan, a recent graduate of Xi’an International Studies University. Jia said it was Peng’s elegant style that had initially inspired her artwork. “When I […]

  • China’s first lady Peng Liyuan delivers UN speech on women’s education

    Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls’ and Women’s Education, delivered a speech in English at the Global Education First Initiative event at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 26. Listen to her speech:

  • The Peony Fairy: Peng Liyuan, China’s first lady

    Unlike previous first ladies, Peng Liyuan is a well-known name in China. Here is a look at her humble beginnings, her rise as a musical superstar and her current administrative position.

  • Xi Jinping details Chinese peacekeeping efforts at UN summit

    Xi Jinping said that U.N. peacekeeping operations bring confidence to conflict areas and hope to the local people, during his address at the U.N. Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping Monday.

  • Xi Jinping announces $1B UN fund and thousands more in peacekeeping troops

    Chinese President Xi Jinping is offering more than $1 billion to help with global peacekeeping efforts.

  • China’s first lady Peng Liyuan calls for support for people with disabilities at UN

    China’s first lady Peng Liyuan on Saturday presided at an event commemorating the U.N.’s 2030 development goals for people with disabilities.

  • China to donate $10 million to UN for women’s rights

    Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a $10 million donation to the U.N. agency promoting women’s rights to implement the 1995 blueprint adopted by world leaders to achieve gender equality — which remains a new U.N. goal for 2030.

  • Background on 70 years of the United Nations

    China is a founding member state of the United Nations.

  • Chinese Film festival aims to strengthen US-China cultural ties

    A Chinese Film festival in Washington, D.C. coincided with President Xi’s state visit.

  • At UN, Xi pledges billions to developing countries

    Chinese President Xi Jinping is pledging billions in development aid to the world’s poorest nations and says China will forgive the debts due this year of those worst-off.

  • Who is Xi Jinping?

    Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China arrives for his first state visit to the United States this week. Here are a few highlights of the life of China’s 63-year-old leader.

  • Penny Pritzker talks with CCTV about China-US Economic relationship

    “There is no specific time-frame for conclusion at this point”, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said when she talked with CCTV America’s Wang Guan on China-U.S.bilateral Investment Treaty.

  • The little US town’s special connection with China’s President

    President Xi visited Muscatine in 1985 as part of an agricultural delegation. He stayed with a local family in a modest house. As Vice President, Xi returned in 2012 to meet some of his old friends.

  • One More Question: CCTV anchor Tian Wei on gender equity

    CCTV News anchor Tian Wei is in the United States reporting on President Xi’s visit and the United Nations General Assembly. We asked her some questions about women’s equality in China.

  • The meaning behind the anthems and flags of China and the U.S.

     Here’s everything you should know about the history and meaning behind the flags and anthems of China and the United States.

  • Xi and Obama discuss climate change, cybertheft and the South China Sea

    From climate change to cybertheft and the South China Sea, China and the U.S. reached important agreements and tried manage their differences. 

  • Lu Kang on President Xi’s US state visit

    CCTV’s Tian Wei spoke to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang who is travelling with President Xi on this state visit.

  • Obama welcomes President Xi for state visit with ‘Nihao’

    U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and first lady Peng Liyuan at the White House for an official state visit Friday.

  • NY Chinatown residents reflect on Xi’s US visit

    President Xi is slated for several events at the U.N., including a Global Leaders’ meeting on gender equality before his speech on Monday to the General Assembly.<!–more–> He’ll be staying at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria hotel, but at the bottom of Manhattan in Chinatown, Chinese-Americans have been reflecting on just what his visit means. CCTV’s […]

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