Executives from BYD, CATL and Xiaomi may join Xi’s Washington visit, Reuters reports
Xi Jinping is scheduled to be in Washington on September 24 for a state visit, and some of China’s largest manufacturers may accompany him, Reuters reported. The information on which ones is still unknown, and the trip itself has not been officially confirmed.
According to Reuters, citing three individuals familiar with the situation, the seven companies under consideration for the delegation could be the carmaker BYD, the battery manufacturers CATL and Gotion, the phone and electric-vehicle firm Xiaomi, the consumer-electronics company Hisense, the auto-parts company Wanxiang, and Bank of China.
The companies that are to go are expected to attend a White House state dinner, the two sources stated. Still, the list has not yet been finalized, and invitations are due to be sent out within a few days, with no individual executives named in the report.
BYD refused to comment to Reuters; the other six did not reply...
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