A company run by the family of Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior advisor to Donald Trump, has been forced to apologise after it used his name at a marketing event in China.

Nicole Kushner Meyer, Mr Kushner's sister, referred to him as she promoted an investment-for-visas scheme in Beijing.

The project seeks 300 rich Chinese to invest $150 million in a 79-story apartment building in New Jersey called Kushner 1.

In exchange for their funds, investors will receive visas and residency cards in the US through the so-called EB-5 programme.

EB-5 allows wealthy foreigners to obtain US immigration visas for themselves and their families by investing at least $500,000 in certain development projects in America.