China’s Vice President Han Zheng touched down in the U.S. as President Xi Jinping’s special representative and quickly made new friends in President-elect Donald’s Trump’s “first buddy” Elon Musk on Sunday,

Han Zheng, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s envoy at Trump’s inauguration, discussed fentanyl, trade, and TikTok with his future U.S. counterpart and business leaders.

Han Zheng, who serves as an envoy for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the inauguration, “discussed a range of topics including fentanyl, balancing trade, and regional stability” with J.D. Vance, according to the Trump transition team.

China's Vice President Han Zheng met on Sunday with Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other members of the U.S. business community in Washington D.C., the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. Han told Musk he "welcomed Tesla and other U.

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng is the highest-level Chinese state official to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday.

US President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the inauguration after winning last year's presidential election. Xi has sent Han in his place.

Vance and Han discussed an array of topics including fentanyl, balancing trade and regional stability, the Trump-Vance transition team said in a statement. Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the inauguration after winning last year's presidential election.

China's Vice President Han Zheng and Elon Musk met on Sunday ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration, per Chinese state media. Why it matters: Chinese leader Xi Jinping deployed his top envoy to attend Trump's inauguration in an unprecedented move following Trump's threats to impose major tariffs on China.

China has confirmed that Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng met the US vice-president-elect J.D. Vance in Washington on Sunday. Han also met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now a close aide to US president-elect Donald Trump,