Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington state to begin his first official visit to the U.S.
Xi’s plane, an Air China Boeing 747, landed Tuesday at Paine Field in Everett about 30 miles north of Seattle.
He was greeted by a group that included Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, former Washington governor and U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray.
Xi will spend his first day in the U.S. in a Seattle hotel, where talks between five U.S. governors and six of their Chinese counterparts will take place over issues that include improving energy efficiency in buildings, modernizing electrical grids and commercializing renewable energy.
He was also to deliver a policy speech Tuesday evening.
Xi on Wednesday is set to tour Boeing’s large airplane production plant in Everett and travel to Microsoft’s headquarters.
He leaves the Seattle area on Thursday for a White House state dinner on Friday.
