Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump attends a business exchange in Beijing on Thursday. [Photo/CGTN]

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump attended a business exchange in Beijing on Thursday, the second day of Trump's first state visit to China.

In the past two days, deals worth a total of US$253.5 billion?have been agreed, which sets a record for China-U.S. trade relations.

Trump has brought more than two dozen captains of U.S. industry with him on this trip. These major business figures represent energy, industrial, financial services and agricultural industries.