at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china s premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping, that meeting is expected in a couple of hours. let s go live to our asia hub, and speak to the bbc s mariko oi. today the official talks get under way, took us through what has happened so far. has happened so far. indeed, toda is has happened so far. indeed, today is the has happened so far. indeed, to
at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they re holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting china s premier, li qiang. in his first comments, president macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. he and ursula von der leyen will also have talks with prseident xijinping,