In pictures: Trump hosted by Xi Jinping in Beijing on two-day summit

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have been holding talks in the Chinese capital, Beijing, with a raft of meetings and events taking place on Thursday and Friday.

The US leader was greeted with a gun salute, cheering children and a tour of the stunning 15th Century Temple of Heaven.

Trump is also joined in Beijing by tech bosses, including Tesla's Elon Musk and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Trump's son Eric.

Landing in Air Force One on Wednesday evening, Trump was greeted by youths waving American and Chinese flags as he walked the red carpet with Vice President of China Han Zheng.

On Thursday, Trump was welcomed at an arrival ceremony with Xi at China's Great Hall of the People.

After shaking hands, Trump and Xi walked the red carpet and inspected Chinese troops who lined up in impeccably neat rows.

Dozens of children also lined up along the red carpet and waved mini flags and bouquets.

Joining Trump on his trip to China are some of the US's top business leaders, including Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, and Larry Fink of BlackRock.

Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, a company which has been central to the US-China technology rivalry, was reportedly a last-minute addition.

The leaders then held highly anticipated bilateral talks in the Great Hall of the People.

In his opening remarks, Xi noted that "the whole world is watching our meeting.

"Currently transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe and the international situation is fluid and turbulent".

Trump added that it was "an honour" to be meeting Xi.

"We've gotten along, when there were difficulties we worked it out. I would call you and you would call me," Trump said.

"People don't know, whenever we had a problem we worked it out very quickly."

After two hours of talks, the leaders then visited the Temple of Heaven, an ancient complex of temples in Beijing and a major tourist attraction.

The historic site is where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would offer sacrifices and pray for bountiful harvests.

"Great place, incredible," Trump said to Xi as the two presidents posed for a photo at the Temple of Heaven, in front of the iconic main hall. "China's beautiful."