Who is on the White House state dinner guest list?

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Who was invited to the White House state dinner honoring the Chinese President Xi Jinping?

Here is the complete guest list provide by the White House.

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, US 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, US Ambassador to China, US 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, US Department of State
The Honorable Evan Ryan

The Honorable Charles Boustany, US 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, US Senator
Mr. Grifynn Clay

The Honorable Ashton Carter, US 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 US 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, US 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, US 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 US 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, US 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, US Department of State
Ms. Jennifer Stout

Mr. Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Ms. Lori Fink

The Honorable Michael Froman, Ambassador, US 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, US 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 of DreamWorks Animation
Mr. Andy Spahn

The Honorable John Kerry, Secretary of State, US Department of State
Mrs. Theresa Heinz Kerry

The Honorable Henry Kissinger, Former National Security Advisor, National Secturity Council, Former Secretary of State, US 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, US 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, US 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, US 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, US State Department
Mr. David Apol

Ms. Christi Parsons, Correspondent, Los Angeles Times
Ms. Melanie Gao

The Honorable Henry Paulson, Former US 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, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Mr. Cass Sunstein

The Honorable Penny Pritzker, US 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, US 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, US 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, US 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 US
Mr. John Koeltl

The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, US Senator
Ms. Sara Stabenow

The Honorable Richard Stengel, Under Secretary of State, Office of Diplomacy and Public Affairs, US Department of State
Mrs. Mary Stengel

Mr. Strobe Talbott, Former Deputy Secretary of State, US 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, US Department of State
Mr. Michael Daley

Mr. Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO, Legendary Pictures
Mrs. Alba Tull

The Honorable Thomas Vilsack, US 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, US 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