A state dinner for China's Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, will be on Thursday.

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" this week.

This week is the 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 soup.

The soup has wild mushrooms, herbs, crispy pancetta and scallion oil.

The main course is sea bass with sesame on top.

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

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 Jeff Bezos, who started Amazon.

Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX will come too.

Google's Sundar Pichai will be there.

So will OpenAI President Greg Brockman and Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell.

Edgard Kagan is from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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

He said it shows Trump wants warmth and a close personal connection with Xi.

Trump greeted Xi and his wife himself on Wednesday.

This happened at Joint Base Andrews.

This was an unusual step.

There was a 100-foot red carpet.

There was a 21-person honor guard.

Two B-1 bombers flew over.

At a White House ceremony Thursday, Trump said the two men have become friends.

He said this started after 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.