Investing.com -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Thursday that President Donald Trump asked him to join the China summit in Beijing.

Huang was added to the delegation on Tuesday after his name was initially absent from a list of executives making the trip shared by a White House official on Monday.

"This is an incredible opportunity for me to represent the United States of course, and to come support President Trump in one of the most important summits in human history," Huang told reporters on Thursday.

After seeing media coverage of Huang's absence from the delegation, Trump called the Nvidia executive and asked him to join, CNBC said Thursday. Huang reportedly flew to Alaska to board Air Force One.

Trump confirmed Huang was on board Air Force One in a social media post and denied that the Nvidia boss had not been invited.

Trade is at the top of the agenda in Beijing, with Trump saying that opening up China for U.S. businesses would be his first request to President Xi Jinping.

The delegation also includes other key U.S. business figures such as Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, among others.

Huang said the two presidents have a wonderful relationship and that the summit is an opportunity to build a better partnership between the nations.