Xi Jinping invites U.S. businesses to expand investment in China, while the White House signals a positive response.

Xi Jinping signaled that China will open up even wider, inviting U.S. businesses to expand investment and cooperation in China. Meanwhile, the White House revealed that both sides discussed increasing market access and investment opportunities between the two countries.

On May 14, 2026, at 11:12 PM, CNBC reported that: Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. company executives traveling with Donald Trump that "China's business doors will open wider." This signals an invitation to American businesses to further expand investment and cooperation with China.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Xi Jinping said during a meeting with U.S. executives that American companies have made profound contributions to China's reform and opening-up process, and that both sides have benefited mutually from this cooperation.

"China will open up even further." Xi Jinping said, reiterating that China welcomes the United States to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and believes that American companies will have many more business opportunities in China.

The top technology executives who traveled to China with Trump included Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, and Tim Cook of Apple. Trump introduced each of these executives to Xi Jinping individually.

Xinhua further reported that US businesses are focusing on the Chinese market and hope to expand their businesses and strengthen cooperation with China.

The White House also signaled a positive response, stating via the X platform that both sides discussed ways to increase economic cooperation, including expanding access to the Chinese market for U.S. businesses and increasing investment from China.

George Chen, Partner and Co-Chair of Digital at The Asia Group. In an interview with CNBC, he said that Xi Jinping's remarks were a clear signal to companies worldwide to continue investing in China.

He stated that China still needs to maintain its attractiveness for foreign investment and viewed rhetoric about opening up the country as more than just propaganda.

Meanwhile, AI has become a key topic of discussion between the two countries, as both China and the United States are rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology.

In the past, the United States has attempted to limit China's access to AI technology, particularly advanced chips from Nvidia, while China has accelerated the development of its domestic technology supply chain and pushed local semiconductor manufacturers to replace domestic producers.

Chinese companies like Alibaba are able to develop AI models that can increasingly compete with the technology of leading companies in the United States.

Reuters reported that the U.S. government may allow Nvidia to sell some of its advanced H200 AI chips to Chinese technology companies. However, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that he did not know the details and that it was within the authority of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Jensen Huang, who decided to join the delegation to China at the last minute, told reporters that the Beijing summit was one of the most important meetings in the history of humankind.

However, he declined to comment on Nvidia's chip sales in China, saying only that both Trump and Xi Jinping have been open and friendly.

Meanwhile, Bescent also revealed that the United States and China are preparing to jointly develop “AI security guidelines” to prevent non-state groups from accessing advanced AI models and using them for malicious purposes.

refer : cnbc.com

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