WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials, congressional lawmakers, entertainers, business people and various other guests gathered Friday at a White House state dinner for China President Xi Jinping.
The guests ranged from film and television producer Lee Daniels ("Empire") to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to ballerina Misty Copeland.
Among non-entertainment figures: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who helped broker President Richard Nixon's landmark trip to China in 1972.
The full list:
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 ofDreamWorks 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
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