Press Release - Expected Attendees at Tonight's China State Dinner

Below is a list of expected attendees at tonight's China State Dinner. Additional details about the State Dinner are available HERE.

THE PRESIDENT and MRS. OBAMA

HIS EXCELLENCY XI JINPING, THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, and MADAME PENG LIYUAN

The Honorable Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group

Ms. Alice Albright

The Honorable Caroline Atkinson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics, The White House

Ms. Grace Lamb-Atkinson

Mr. Jeffrey Bader, Former Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council, and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Ms. Rohini Talalla

Mr. Ajay Banga, President and CEO, MasterCard

Mrs. Ritu Banga

The Honorable Max Baucus, U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Department of State

Ms. Melodee Hanes

Mr. Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com

Mrs. Lynne Benioff

The Honorable Joseph Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States

Dr. Jill Biden

Ms. Naomi Biden

Mr. Daniel Reisfeld

The Honorable Tony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

The Honorable Evan Ryan

The Honorable Charles Boustany, U.S. Representative

Mrs. Bridget Boustany

Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor, National Security Council, and Scholar, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Mrs. Emilie Anna Brzezinski

The Honorable Maria Cantwell, U.S. Senator

Mr. Grifynn Clay

The Honorable Ashton Carter, U.S. Secretary of Defense

Mrs. Stephanie D. Carter

His Excellency Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture for the People's Republic of China

The Honorable Elaine Chao, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

Dr. James Chao

Mr. Stephen Chen, Letter Writer

Ms. Chienfei Chen

His Excellency Tung ChiHwa, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The Honorable Judy Chu, U.S. Representative

Mr. Simon Pang

Mr. Tim Cook, CEO, Apple

Ms. Lisa Jackson

Ms. Misty Copeland, Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre

Mr. Olubayo Evans

The Honorable Robert Corker, U.S. Senator

Ms. Emily Corker

Mr. Mark Cuban, Owner, NBA's Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theatres and Magnolia Pictures

Mrs. Tiffany Cuban

Mrs. Aimee Cunningham, Community Volunteer

Mr. Ed Cunningham

Mr. Lee Daniels, Actor and Filmmaker

Ms. Clara Daniels

The Honorable Brian Deese, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, The White House

Mrs. Kara Deese

Mr. John Dickerson, Anchor, CBS News

Mrs. Anne Dickerson

The Honorable Christopher Dodd, Former U.S. Senator, and Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America

Mrs. Jackie Marie Clegg Dodd

The Honorable Thomas Donilon, Former National Security Advisor, National Security Council, and Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP

The Honorable Josh Earnest, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary, The White House

Mrs. Natalie Wyeth Earnest

Mr. Larry Ellison, Executive Chairman and CTO, Oracle

Ms. Nikita Kahn

The Honorable Katie Beirne Fallon, Assistant to the President and Director of Office of Legislative Affairs, The White House

Mr. Brian Fallon

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator

Mr. Richard Blum

Mr. John Ficklin, Chair, Senior Director for Records and Access, Records and Access Management, National Security Council

Mrs. Patrice Ficklin

Mr. Jonathan Finer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State

Ms. Jennifer Stout

Mr. Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock

Ms. Lori Fink

The Honorable Michael Froman, Ambassador, U.S. Trade Representative

Ms. Nancy Goodman

His Excellency Qin Gang, Director General, Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People's Republic of China

Mr. James Gorman, Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley

His Excellency Zhu Guangyao, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Finance for the People's Republic of China

The Honorable Avril Haines, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council

Mr. David Davighi

Mr. Ryan Hass, Director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs, National Security Council

Ms. Meredith Sumpter

Mr. Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, Netflix

Mr. Ted Sarandos

Mr. John Hess, CEO, Hess Corporation

Mr. Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn

Ms. Michelle Yee

His Excellency Liu He, Director, Office of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs for the People's Republic of China

His Excellency Gao Hucheng, Minister of Commerce for the People's Republic of China

His Excellency Wang Huning, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Director, Central Policy Research Office

Mr. Robert Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company

Mrs. Willow Bay

The Honorable Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, The White House

The Honorable Jeh Johnson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

Dr. Susan DiMarco

His Excellency Yang Jiechi, State Councilor, for the People's Republic of China

Ms. Fa Jun, Secretary of Madame Peng Liyuan

Ms. Yue-Sai Kan, Television Host

Mr. Allan Pollack

Mr. Qin Gang, Chief of Protocol, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China

His Excellency Lu Kang, Director General, Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People's Republic of China

Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation

Mr. Andy Spahn

The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

Mrs. Theresa Heinz Kerry

The Honorable Henry Kissinger, Former National Security Advisor, National Secturity Council, Former Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and Founder and Chairman, Kissinger Associates

Mrs. Nancy Kissinger

Mr. Daniel Kritenbrink, Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council

Mrs. Nami Kritenbrink

The Honorable Richard Larsen, U.S. Representative

Mrs. Tiia Karlèn

Mr. John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios

Mrs. Nancy Lasseter

Ms. Carol Lee, Correspondent, Wall Street Journal

Mr. Gerard Baker

The Honorable Jacob Lew, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Dr. Ruth Schwartz

Mr. Phillip Lim, Co-founder, 3.1 Phillip Lim

Mr. Paul Hearing

His Excellency Han Liping, Director General, Bureau of Secretaries, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Mr. Lyu Luhua, Secretary of President XI Jinping

Mr. Steven Mollenkopf, CEO, Qualcomm Incorporated

Mrs. Susan Mollenkopf

The Honorable Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council

Mr. Andrew Weissmann

The Honorable Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy

Dr. Naomi Moniz

Mr. James Murren, Chairman and CEO, MGM Resorts International

Mr. Jack Murren

Mr. Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft

Mrs. Anupama Nadella

Mr. William Neville, Founder, US Viking LLC

Mrs. Connie Neville

Ms. Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo

Mr. Raj Nooyi

The Honorable Catherine Novelli, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. State Department

Mr. David Apol

Ms. Christi Parsons, Correspondent, Los Angeles Times

Ms. Melanie Gao

The Honorable Henry Paulson, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Mrs. Wendy Paulson

His Excellency Cong Peiwu, Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People's Republic of China

Mr. Shervin Pishevar, Managing Director, Sherpa Ventures

Ms. Keyu Jin

The Honorable John Podesta, Former Counselor to the President and Former Chief of Staff, The White House

Mrs. Mary Podesta

The Honorable Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Mr. Cass Sunstein

The Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

The Honorable Stefan Selig

The Honorable Natalie Quillian, Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Chief of Staff, The White House

Mr. Ryan Quillian

Mr. Wade Randlett, CEO of the Transportation Fuels Division, General Biofuels

Mrs. Lorna Randlett

The Honorable Ben Rhodes, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Speechwriting, National Security Counsel

Ms. Jane Rhodes

The Honorable Susan Rice, National Security Advisor, National Security Council

Mr. Ian Cameron

Ms. Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch

Mr. Peter Sainsbury

Mr. Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO, Comcast NBC/Universal Corporation

Ms. Aileen Roberts

Mr. Eugene Robinson, Columnist, Washington Post

Mrs. Avis Robinson

Mrs. Virginia Rometty, Chairperson, President, and CEO, International Business Machines

Mr. Mark Rometty

Mr. David M. Rubenstein, Managing Director and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

Mrs. Alice Rubenstein

The Honorable Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. State Department

Mrs. Keiko Abo Russel

Mr. Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group

Mr. Ray Dalio

The Honorable Brent Scowcroft, Former National Security Advisor, National Security Council

The Honorable Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State

His Excellency Xu Shaoshi, Minister, National Development and Reform Commission? of the People's Republic of China

The Honorable Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Mr. Bruce Stokes

NE-YO, Singer and Songwriter

Ms. Harriett Loraine Burts

The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the U.S.

Mr. John Koeltl

The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator

Ms. Sara Stabenow

The Honorable Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State, Office of Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Mrs. Mary Stengel

Mr. Strobe Talbott, Former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, and President, The Brookings Institute

Ms. Barbara Ascher

Mr. Jake Tapper, Anchor, CNN

Mrs. Jennifer Tapper

Mr. David Taylor, Group President, Procter and Gamble

Mrs. Marsha Taylor

The Honorable Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House

His Excellency Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America

Madame Ni Peijun

Ms. Susan Thornton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State

Mr. Michael Daley

Mr. Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO, Legendary Pictures

Mrs. Alba Tull

The Honorable Thomas Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Mrs. Christie Vilsack

His Excellency Ding Xuexiang, Permanent Deputy Director, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Mr. Darren Walker, President, The Ford Foundation

Ms. Beulah Spencer

The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Representative

Mr. Steve Schultz

His Excellency Wang Shaojun, Deputy Director, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Chief, Central Security Bureau

His Excellency Zhi Shuping, Director, State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine?, People's Republic of China

Madame Wu Xi, Deputy Chief of Mission & Minister, Embassy of the People's Republic of China

Mr. Zhang Yesui, Executive Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People's Republic of China

His Excellency Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs? of the People's Republic of China

Madame Wu Xi, Deputy Chief of Mission & Minister, Chinese Embassy

The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Assistant to the President and Director of the National Economic Council, The White House

Mrs. Mary Zients

His Excellency Zheng Zeguang, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People's Republic of China

His Excellency Li Zhanshu, Member of the Political Bureau of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Secretary, Secretariat of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Director, General Office of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and CEO, Facebook

Dr. Priscilla Chan