Source: Bloomberg
Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to go all out to the reception French President Macron, and strives to open the distance from the United States on the standpoint of China.
In the three -day visit to start on Wednesday (April 5), Macron will have a lot of opportunities to communicate with Xi Jin's plane.After a formal talks with Feng Delin, chairman of the European Commission in Beijing on Thursday (April 6), he will also accompany Xi Jinping to Guangzhou in person.
Xi Jinping rarely meets foreign leaders outside the capital Beijing. He usually leaves this honor to close friends like Russian President Putin: the two took the high -speed rail to Tianjin to watch a ice hockey competition together in 2018.
French officials said they felt the special warmth of China before the trip.They said that compared with Macron's previous trip to China, the preparations were more smooth and friendly.
After the former German Prime Minister Merkel stepped down, Xi Jinping now regards Macron to promote the EU's gentle position than the United States on the issue of China.In addition to having an influence that cannot be underestimated in the NATO Junior High School, it is also a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.Macron focuses on seeking contact with Putin and seeking diplomatic solutions for ending the Ukrainian war.
"From the perspective of China, he must be the most important politician in Europe." Joerg Wuttke, chairman of the Chinese EU Chamber of Commerce, said, "He is definitely a key figure."
Faced with the Sino -US relations that fall into the quagmire, Beijing hopes to prevent Europe from standing in Washington, especially on the issue of key technical export control that may harm economic development.The European Union, including Germany and France, is also seeking balance. On the one hand, it hopes to contact China in trade and investment, but it also adheres to the core values of European Europe, including respected human rights and Ukraine's territorial sovereignty.
Macron, who came to power in 2017, has cooperated with Merkel to promote a comprehensive investment agreement that is expected to raise China -Europe economic relations to a new height.However, the Central European European and European sanctions due to human rights issues in 2021, and the approval of the agreement was unpretentious after being put on hold.
"Now Markle has stepped down, only Macron has all the backgrounds." Wang Huiyao, the founder of global think tank, said, "He is in a more favorable position in promoting European -China -China relations and French -China relations."
