Americans’ views on China have significantly warmed in recent years — with about one in five US adults now holding a positive opinion about the country, according to a surprising survey.

The share of Americans with a warm view of the one-party authoritarian country increased from 11% in 2021 to 19% today, a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday found.

Meanwhile, the share of US adults with a cold view of China has plummeted from 68% to 54%.

Concerningly, about a quarter of Democrats (26%) view China warmly, up 11% from 2021. Conversely, 10% of Republicans view the country warmly.

However, conservatives’ views on China have thawed since 2021, when 5% of Republicans held a positive view of China, according to the survey.

The results come as President Trump welcomed his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to Washington this week.

The two leaders dined at a state dinner at the White House Thursday night, where Trump presented Xi with a bald eagle sculpture and gave him a tour of the under-construction ballroom.

The dinner was attended by a who’s who of tech billionaires as concerns about the global AI race take center stage. The invitees included Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Michael Dell and Tim Cook.

According to the Pew survey, younger Americans were also more likely to rate China warmly than those 50 and older.

Americans under age 50 on average gave China a rating of 42, compared with 31 for their older counterparts.

According to the survey’s “thermometer” rating system, a 0 indicates that a respondent’s view of a country is as negative as it can possibly be. A score of 50 indicates no particularly positive or negative feelings, and 100 means their views are as positive as possible.

A thermometer rating of 51 to 100 represents a warm view. A rating of zero to 49 indicates a cold view.