A state dinner is on Thursday.

It is for China's Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan.

It will be in the White House East Room.

Many technology leaders are on the guest list.

Trump called it "the hottest ticket in town."

He said this during this week's United Nations General Assembly.

He said guests would include "the entire tech world, the entire banking world and a lot more."

The menu starts with yellow squash velouté.

It has wild mushrooms, herbs, crispy pancetta and scallion oil.

The main course is sesame-crusted sea bass.

It comes with braised baby bok choy, roasted garden eggplant and a sauce verte.

Dessert is vanilla crémeux with sour cherry confit and walnut frangipane.

There is also ice cream made with White House honey.

First lady Melania Trump's office said she helped with the preparations.

Guests will include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX will come.

Google's Sundar Pichai will come.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman will come.

Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell will come.

Edgard Kagan works at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

He said the dinner was expected to show "the positive vibes surrounding the visit."

He said it signals that Trump is focused on warmth.

He said it signals a close personal connection with Xi.

Trump personally greeted Xi and his wife on Wednesday.

This was at Joint Base Andrews.

This was an unusual step.

A 100-foot red carpet was rolled out.

There was a 21-person honor guard.

Two B-1 bombers did a flyover.

At a White House ceremony Thursday, Trump spoke.

He said the two men have forged a friendship.

This started since his first election in 2016.

Xi hosted Trump at a state dinner in Beijing in May.

Trump has since called his planned White House ballroom the "Great Hall of the United States."

He wants it to rival the Great Hall of the People.