People's Republic of China President, Hu Jintao and the Honorable Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State at a DC luncheon in Hu's honor.There was considerable buzz in government, business and media circles recently regarding the state visit of His Excellency, Hu Jintao, President, People’s Republic of China to the U.S. I had the privilege of being in Washington, D.C. during the flurry of diplomatic activities as part of Applied Materials’ participation in a signing ceremony on January 18 on the Solar Decathlon Competition in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, China’s National Energy Administration, and Peking University. There were 18 different collaborations formalized during the ceremony, all part of the official state visit from China’s president.