On the 4th, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing with French President Macron, who is on a state visit to China, and held a welcoming ceremony for Macron.
According to earlier reports, at the invitation of Xi Jinping, Macron arrived in Beijing on the 3rd to begin his three-day state visit to China. Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, greeted him at the airport.
This is President Macron's fourth state visit to China, and it is also a reciprocal visit following President Xi's historic state visit to France last year, marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and France. During the visit, Xi Jinping will hold talks with Macron to jointly lead the development of China-France relations under new circumstances, and they will have in-depth exchanges on major international and regional hotspot issues.
Macron's visit to China comes amid China-EU trade friction, deteriorating China-Japan relations, and ongoing negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine war. As such, the outside world is watching to see whether topics such as the Taiwan Strait issue and the Russia-Ukraine war will be raised during his meeting with Xi Jinping.
Macron is scheduled to meet with Xi Jinping in Beijing on the 4th, and will visit Chengdu, Sichuan on the 5th.