The time is set for President Trump's closely watched summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first face-to-face meeting of the two leaders during Trump's second term.
The two will meet next Thursday in South Korea.
"On Thursday morning local time, President Trump will participate in a bilateral meeting with President Xi of the People's Republic of China before departing for Washington, DC, on Thursday evening," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday afternoon.
The meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies takes place on the sidelines of next week's summit. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Gyeongju is 11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, which means the session is expected to start late Wednesday evening Washington local time.
The two presidents have spoken on the phone at least twice so far during Trump's second term, most recently in September.
The meeting comes after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met directly with his Chinese counterpart, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, last week in Washington. during a meeting that Bessent called "frank and detailed."
Bessent is expected to meet with He again this weekend in Malaysia as the two leaders set the table for the two presidents' meeting, which is expected to cover a wide range of issues from rare earth minerals to semiconductor export controls to Chinese purchases of Russian oil, as well as purchases of American soybeans.
Leavitt later suggested during Thursday's press conference that China may already be reducing its purchases of Russian oil, citing "the international news out of China this morning" in an apparent reference to a Reuters report that some Chinese state oil companies are suspending their purchases of Russian oil.
Chinese state media confirmed this weekend's meeting with Bessent in Malaysia, saying "important issues regarding Sino-US economic and trade relations" would be on the table.
Leavitt also made official the rest of the president's itinerary for his biggest trip to Asia on Thursday.
The president will leave Washington Friday evening to travel to Malaysia. It will arrive Sunday morning local time.
In Malaysia, the President will participate in a bilateral meeting with the Malaysian Prime Minister and attend a meeting of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The president will then travel to Tokyo for a meeting with Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, who recently became the country's first female leader.