Photographs of the State Dinner in Honor of President Xi Jinping of China, 2015

Photos from the State Dinner in honor of China at the White House on September 25, 2015.  The State Dinner honored President Xi Jinping of China and Madame Peng Liyuan.

There are photos of President Jimping’s arrival; a reception in the Yellow Oval room and on the Truman Balcony; greeting guests in the Blue Room; President Obama and President Jinping delivering remarks and toasts; and a performance by Ne-Yo.
 

1823 assets

  • Photographs

The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as the White House Photo System.

The photographs are a subseries of a larger series, which includes all photographs taken by White House photographers during the Obama administration.  This subseries is arranged chronologically by the photo identifier (P number), which is formatted as PMMDDYYXX-####:

  • P (for Presidential photographs)
  • MMDDYY (Date of image capture)
  • XX (Photographer’s initials)
  • [dash]
  • Frame number

Electronic Records
 

  • 2015 China State Dinner Photos contains 1823 photographs, of which 1822 are released in full and 1 is withheld in full.
     

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Audiovisual materials in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
 

Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivists, 2026.