China is pushing forward with a charm offensive to attract foreign direct investment at the highest level: President Xi Jinping met with leading representatives of the US business community on Wednesday in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Among the roughly 20 exclusively male CEOs were figures like Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder and CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, Fedex CEO Raj Subramaniam, and Cristiano Amon, who leads the chip manufacturer Qualcomm.