--- title: China: White House Confirms Xi Jinping's Washington Visit description: The visit on Sept. 25 comes at a tense time in the U.S.-China relationship canonical: https://time.com/4035773/xi-jinping-state-visit-washington-obama-sept-25/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-16T03:53:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:58:02.250Z article:section: Politics og:title: China's Xi Jinping Will Visit Washington on Sept. 25 og:description: The meeting comes at a tense time for Sino-American relations. og:url: https://time.com/4035773/xi-jinping-state-visit-washington-obama-sept-25/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec55555082f71efd/698863ce8e060195db4625d6/rtr4dt0v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3311 og:image:height: 1862 og:image:alt: Obama pats Xi on the shoulder at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: China's Xi Jinping Will Visit Washington on Sept. 25 twitter:description: The meeting comes at a tense time for Sino-American relations. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec55555082f71efd/698863ce8e060195db4625d6/rtr4dt0v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White House Confirms Chinese President Xi Jinping's First State Visit to Washington > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Sep 16, 2015 3:53 AM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama pats Chinese President Xi Jinping on the shoulder at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama pats Chinese President Xi Jinping on the shoulder at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2014 Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Sep 16, 2015 3:53 AM UTC Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to the U.S. at the end of the month, the White House confirmed in a [statement](https://twitter.com/NSCPress/status/643940121041965057?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc^tfw) on Tuesday. The visit, Xi’s first official one to Washington, will take place on Sept. 25 and reciprocates President Barack Obama’s trip to Beijing last November, the statement said. The U.S. President and First Lady Michelle Obama will also host Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan at a state dinner that evening, after the two leaders have engaged in bilateral talks. “President Xi’s visit will present an opportunity to expand U.S.-China cooperation on a range of global, regional, and bilateral issues of mutual interest, while also enabling President Obama and President Xi to address areas of disagreement constructively,” the statement added. Xi, whose visit was [first announced](http://time.com/3700496/china-president-xi-jinping-first-visit-us/) in February, is expected to stop [in Seattle](http://time.com/4026269/china-tech-execs/) to meet several U.S. tech leaders on his way to Washington, before going on to New York City for the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 28. Obama and Xi are expected to broach a [range of contentious issues](http://time.com/4030202/obama-xi-jinping-us-china-summit/), including Washington’s concerns over China’s alleged cyberespionage and its increasing assertiveness in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4035773/xi-jinping-state-visit-washington-obama-sept-25/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4035773/xi-jinping-state-visit-washington-obama-sept-25/"},"headline":"White House Confirms Chinese President Xi Jinping's First State Visit to Washington","datePublished":"2015-09-16T03:53:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:58:02.250Z","description":"The Sept. 25 meeting comes at a tense time for Sino-American relations","url":"https://time.com/4035773/xi-jinping-state-visit-washington-obama-sept-25/","keywords":["Foreign Policy","Barack Obama","White House","China","Xi Jinping","Michelle Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec55555082f71efd/698863ce8e060195db4625d6/rtr4dt0v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec55555082f71efd/698863ce8e060195db4625d6/rtr4dt0v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama pats Xi on the shoulder at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing","caption":"Obama pats Xi on the shoulder at the end of their news conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/foreign-policy/","name":"Foreign Policy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4035773/xi-jinping-state-visit-washington-obama-sept-25/","name":"White House Confirms Chinese President Xi Jinping's First State Visit to Washington"}}]}] ```