Chinese President Xi meets with tech CEO’s in Seattle

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US-CHINA-DIPLOMACYChinese President Xi Jinping, lower left, shakes hands with Apple CEO Tim Cook, lower center, as Tencent’s Pony Ma, lower right, looks on during a gathering of CEOs and other executives at Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, Washington, Wednesday, September 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / TED S. WARREN

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with top executives of U.S. and Chinese tech companies on Wednesday in Seattle. He called for a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyber space and closer bilateral cooperation.

Xi also toured the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle and encouraged the multinational company to deepen cooperation with Chinese partners. 

Here are the CEOs that attended, starting with the top row in this picture:

Technology company CEOs pose for a photo at the U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum meeting held at Microsoft’s Redmond campus on Sept. 23, 2015. Photo from Microsoft/ Brian Smale.

Top row: Sugon CEO Li Jun; Didi-Kuaidi CEO Cheng Wei; Broadband Capital CEO Tian Suning; CEC CEO Liu Liehong; Baidu CEO Zhang Yaqin; AME Cloud Ventures CEO Jerry Yang; Inspur CEO Sun Pishu; Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky; Sequoia Capital China founder Shen Nanpeng.

Middle row: Sohu CEO Zhang Chaoyang; AMD CEO Lisa Su; Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing; Microsoft VP Harry Shum; Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf; CETC CEO Xiong Qunli; Intel CEO Brian Krzanich; Qihoo 360 CEO Zhou Hongyi; LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman; SINA CEO Cao Guowei.

Bottom row: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; JD.com CEO Liu Qiangdong; Cisco Chairman John Chambers; Alibaba founder Jack Ma; IBM CEO Ginni Rometty; President Xi; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; China Minister Lu Wei; Apple CEO Tim Cook; Tencent CEO Pony Ma; Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Story compiled from Xinhua News and Geek Wire.