French first lady Brigitte Macron has reunited with a giant panda born in France during a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron.

China and France pledged deeper cooperation on global issues like the war in Ukraine and trade, as France prepares to take on the presidency of the Group of Seven next year. French President Emmanuel Macron met with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday morning as part of a three-day state visit focusing on trade and diplomacy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanied his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to Chengdu on Friday, a rare gesture seemingly reserved for the head of Europe's second-largest economy that highlights Beijing's focus on Paris in its dealings with the European Union.

During a state visit, the French president urged President Xi Jinping to take a harsher stance on Russia and smooth out trade imbalances. Despite signing 12 agreements, Xi’s remained noncommittal on these larger questions.

French President Emmanuel Macron was accompanied by Chinese Leader Xi Jinping on Friday December 5,2025 as is Fourth state visit to China,reports Reuters.Xi Jinping accompanied the French

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe seeks to balance economic and security threats from Beijing with reliance on the world's second-largest economy during a time of global trade turmoil.

Hundreds of Chinese students and local residents lined up at a university in the city of Chengdu to welcome the French president. Meanwhile, First Lady Brigitte Macron paid a visit to Chengdu's giant panda research base.

At a panda reserve in southwest China that Yuan Meng now calls home, the first lady marveled at how big he has grown.

Macron’s visit to China will focus mainly on bilateral relations between Paris and Beijing and will also seek to revive the dialogue on trade, as the European Union has become one of the main collateral victims of the China-US trade war, Le Grand Continent, a French journal reported on Wednesday.