Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping are seen on the collected photo

BEIJING, Dec 3, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron touched 
down on Wednesday in China, an AFP journalist saw, where he is expected to 
put pressure on his counterpart Xi Jinping to help secure a ceasefire in 
Ukraine and discuss trade relations.

Macron, on a fourth state visit to China since taking office in 2017, will 
hold talks with Xi and Premier Li Qiang at the capital's Great Hall of the 
People before heading to the southwestern city of Chengdu.