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China’s leading AI executives may be absent from Xi-Trump summit delegation

Source: South China Morning Post · 22 Sep 2026, 14:00 UTC
China’s leading AI executives may be absent from Xi-Trump summit delegation
Image: South China Morning Post · original report

Business leaders from China’s frontier artificial-intelligence sector are expected to miss a summit between President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, according to the supplied report. Beijing has not officially confirmed the delegation, while earlier reports named executives from BYD, Xiaomi and CATL as possible attendees.

Chinese artificial-intelligence pioneers are expected to be absent from the business delegation for a meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, according to the South China Morning Post. The report says attention has focused on business leaders who might accompany Xi when he travels to the United States. Beijing has not officially confirmed the delegation.

The newspaper previously reported that executives from electric-vehicle maker BYD, smart-manufacturing company Xiaomi and battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited were likely to join the trip. The supplied material does not name any AI executive who is expected to attend or explain why frontier AI companies may be missing. It also does not provide the date or venue of the summit, or identify the full list of possible business participants.

No official explanation for the reported absence of AI leaders is included. The available information therefore describes an unconfirmed delegation and a reported gap involving China’s leading AI companies. Whether the executives will attend cannot be established from the supplied material.

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