US President Donald Trump rolled out a red carpet welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Wednesday (September 23).

The welcome marked the first time in 11 years that a US president has greeted a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews. The last such reception was for Pope Francis in 2015 during Barack Obama's presidency.

At the arrival ceremony, the leaders and their wives shook hands, spoke for a few minutes and stood for pictures as a military band played, cannons blasted and a B-1 military bomber flew overhead.

Trump is expected to address a wide range of issues over trade, technology and Tehran in his meeting with Xi.

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 23, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

1. PLANE CARRYING CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING LANDING

2. VARIOUS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL ON GROUND FOR WELCOMING CEREMONY

3. PLANE CARRYING CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING TAXIING ON TARMAC

4. MILITARY BAND WALKING

5. MILITARY PERSONNEL TAKING POSITION BY RED CARPET

6. AIR CHINA PLANE WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING BY

7. VARIOUS OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKING WITH US FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP

8. AIR CHINA PLANE WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING BY

9. TRUMP AND MELANIA WALKING ON RED CARPET

10. VARIOUS XI AND HIS WIFE PENG LIYUAN WAVING

11. TRUMP AND MELANIA GREETING XI AND PENG

12. MILITARY PERSONNEL ON GUARD

13. BOY AND GIRL PRESENTING XI AND PENG WITH FLOWERS

14. CHINESE FLAG AND US FLAG

15. TRUMP AND MELANIA SPEAKING WITH XI AND PENG

16. AIR CHINA PLANE WITH CAR AND PEOPLE ON STANDBY

17. TRUMP AND MELANIA SPEAKING WITH XI AND PENG

18. CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG

19. US NATIONAL FLAG

20. TRUMP AND XI, PENG AND MELANIA WALKING ON RED CARPET

21. MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH MILITARY BOMBER PLANES BEHIND

22. TRUMP AND XI, PENG AND MELANIA WALKING ON RED CARPET

23. CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG

24. US NATIONAL FLAG

25. AIR CHINA PLANE AND WELCOMING CEREMONY ONGOING

26. XI AND TRUMP LISTENING TO THE CHINESE NATIONAL ANTHEM

27. CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG

28. XI AND TRUMP LISTENING TO THE CHINESE NATIONAL ANTHEM

29. MILITARY PERSONNEL FIRING CANONS

30. WELCOMING CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

31. XI AND TRUMP LISTENING TO THE US NATIONAL ANTHEM

32. MILITARY BAND PLAYING

33. US NATIONAL FLAG

34. XI AND TRUMP LISTENING TO THE US NATIONAL ANTHEM

35. WELCOMING CEREMONY IN PROGRESS

36. B-1 MILITARY BOMBER FLYING OVERHEAD

37. XI WITH TRUMP WATCHING PLANE FLY BY

38. B-1 MILITARY BOMBER FLYING OVERHEAD

39. VARIOUS OF XI SPEAKING WITH TRUMP

40. CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG AND U.S. NATIONAL FLAG

41. CONVOY CARRYING XI LEAVING / TRUMP WAVING

42. CONVOY CARRYING XI LEAVING

43. TRUMP AND MELANIA LOOKING ON

44. SUPPORTERS WAVING CHINESE AND US FLAGS AND CHEERING

45. CONVOY CARRYING XI MOVING

46. VARIOUS OF SUPPORTERS WAVING CHINESE AND US FLAGS AND CHEERING

47. CONVOY CARRYING XI ADVANCING

48. SUPPORTERS WAVING CHINESE AND US FLAGS AND CHEERING

49. CHINESE NATIONAL FLAGS AND US NATIONAL FLAGS