Trump accepted the invitation with pleasure, and hoped to make the trip at an early date, Xinhua reported.

Trump promised during the 2016 campaign to stop what he called the theft of American jobs by China and rebuild the country’s manufacturing base.

Topping the agenda at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida will be whether he will make good on his threat to use crucial US-China trade ties to pressure Beijing to do more to rein in its nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea, which is working to develop missiles capable of hitting the United States.

Ahead of the summit, Chinese and US officials held talks to ensure that the first summit is a complete success amid tough assertions by Trump that Washington will act alone if Beijing failed to take a tougher stand against N Korea’s nuclear weapons programme.

China may opt for chess as America goes for checkers, writes Mayank Chhaya .

Xi will meet Trump at the latter's private residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where the two are expected to discuss bilateral commercial relations.