Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington this evening with a substantially smaller business delegation than expected, weakening hopes for major commercial announcements at his summit with President Trump. Chinese state media listed family members and political aides among a limited entourage, while The South China Morning Post reported that a lack of progress on deals prompted Beijing to reduce its business delegation. US industry leaders had anticipated representatives from electric-vehicle makers and agriculture companies. Trump’s team confirmed that OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Tesla’s Elon Musk will attend Thursday’s state dinner. Trump is scheduled to travel to Joint Base Andrews to greet Xi at 6 p.m. ET. The summit is also expected to produce only limited movement on AI and trade. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, who met in New York over the weekend, will attend. Bessent described those talks as constructive and said the US proposed an AI safety notification mechanism for rapid official communication after an AI-related incident, although China has not publicly endorsed it. The limited AI progress reflects the summit’s modest policy ambitions, with little expectation of broader restrictions on frontier models as both countries pursue further technological development. The contrast in diplomatic welcomes is notable: Xi sent a subordinate to receive Trump when Trump visited Beijing in May, while Trump is preparing to greet Xi personally.