The meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping will take place on Thursday in Shenzhen.
The leaders of Russia, the United States and China may discuss a new nuclear arms control agreement on the sidelines of the APEC summit, the New York Post reports, citing a White House representative.
The parties may also touch on the war in Iran, the situation around North Korea and the conflict in Ukraine.
Trump last met with Putin in person last August in Alaska. Xi Jinping arrived in Washington in September.