Take a look at past styles from the two leading ladies, Who has the better style: Peng Liyuan or Michelle Obama?
Left: Chinese commenters have praised Ms. Peng's style and even compared her to Mrs. Obama. Shown here is Ms. Peng arriving in Pretoria, South Africa, in March of last year.
Right: Mrs. Obama, shown with fellow fashion icon Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in May 2011.
Left: Ms. Peng and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive at the National Academy for Performing Arts in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, in June last year.
Right: Mrs. Obama, shown waving to the crowd after her husband, Barack Obama, was declared the winner of the U.S. election in November 2008.
Left: Ms. Peng arrives to Mexico City last summer.
Right: Mrs. Obama greets first ladies from various countries before touring Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in 2010 in Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
Left: Mr. Xi and Ms. Peng attended a welcoming ceremony for Venezuela's president in Beijing in September.
Right: Mr. and Mrs. Obama arrived to greet Chinese President Hu Jintao at the White House in 2011.
Left: Ms. Peng arrived for a welcome ceremony in August.
Right: Mrs. Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., in 2012.