China's government has invited President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to Beijing, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday.

A Chinese official told Bloomberg that the visit may set up a future visit from President Trump as well.

According to Bloomberg, Kushner and Ivanka Trump hosted Terry Branstad, President Trump's newly appointed ambassador to China, at Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C., this weekend. According to an unnamed U.S. official, the dinner was not made public.

Branstad is expected to arrive in China next week as he assumes his role as Trump's ambassador.

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Trump and Kushner were verbally invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping during his stay at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in April, and a Chinese official told Bloomberg that the discussions, which are still ongoing, are a formal extension of Xi's offer.

Kushner, Trump's senior adviser, has come under increased scrutiny in recent months for his foreign dealings, including reports that he attempted to set up a secret backchannel for communications with Russia during the transition period after the election.

In May, NBC News reported that the FBI's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia had extended to Kushner over meetings the senior Trump adviser had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December during the transition period.