WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- President Obama hosted a lavish state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday with a guest list featuring Hollywood and Silicon Valley glitterati, including the heads of Apple, Facebook, Disney and Dreamworks.
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sat at the dinner's head table alongside Obama and Xi. Disney CEO Bob Iger and DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg were also seated at the president's side. The four CEOs lead companies doing billions of dollars of business in China, with the exception of Zuckerberg, whose Facebook is banned in the country. Apple is seeking to expand its sales in China and Iger is preparing to open Disney Shanghai, the company's first park in mainland China.