Cities: Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai. This was the first visit to the PRC by a sitting U.S. president in history. It ended a 25-year isolation and led to the signing of the Shanghai Communique — a document laying the foundation for normalization of bilateral relations.

Cities: Beijing. The visit took place when diplomatic relations between the U.S. and China had not yet been established. Ford confirmed the U.S.'s commitment to the principles of the Shanghai Communique.

Cities: Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai. The first visit by an American president after the establishment of diplomatic relations (1979). Reagan and his wife Nancy visited the Terracotta Army in Xi'an.

Cities: Beijing. The visit took place just a month after his inauguration — the fastest visit in history. Before his presidency, Bush was the head of the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to China.

Cities: Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin, Hong Kong. The longest (9 days) and geographically most extensive visit. Clinton delivered a speech at Peking University, which was broadcast throughout China.

October 2001 — Shanghai (APEC summit), the first foreign visit after the September 11 attacks.
February 2002 — Beijing (working visit, visit to Tsinghua University).
November 2005 — Beijing (official visit).
August 2008 — Beijing (opening ceremony of the Olympic Games).

November 2009 — Beijing, Shanghai (first visit).
November 2014 — Beijing (APEC summit), the famous "Sanya talks".
September 2016 — Hangzhou (G20 summit), joint walk around Lake Sihu.

Cities: Beijing. The first state visit after taking office as chair of the CPC Central Committee. Trump and Melania visited the Forbidden City and the Peking Opera.

Second state visit by President Trump. The previous visit by an American leader to China took place 9 years ago (2017) — the longest gap between visits in the history of the two countries.