Tesla and Space X boss Elon Musk, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang and Apple CEO Tim Cook were part of Trump's delegation.

Trump invited Tesla's Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook and Blackrock's Larry Fink to join his China trip for talks with Xi Jinping on trade, AI and geopolitics.

A total of 17 US executives are set to join the president on his visit, where he will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.