On October 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Busan, South Korea.
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The White House announced Wednesday that the long-awaited meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be held in Beijing on May 14 and 15.
White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters at a press briefing that Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to pay a “reciprocal visit” to visit Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan in Washington, D.C., at a date to be announced later this year.
The announcement means the China summit, which was scheduled to be held in late March or early April, will be postponed by about six weeks.
However, President Trump said in mid-March that the United States had requested that the talks be postponed for “about a month” in consideration of the war with Iran.
In a post on Truth Social after Wednesday’s press conference, President Trump said U.S. representatives are “making final preparations for their historic visit.”
“I am very much looking forward to spending time with President Xi in what will undoubtedly be a monumental event,” he said in the post.
The Trump administration expects the war, which began on February 28 when the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, to last about five weeks, but some officials have offered varying timelines.
Asked Wednesday whether the new dates for President Trump’s visit to China mean the U.S. expects the war to end by mid-May, Levitt said, “We always estimate about four to six weeks, so you can do the math on that.”
