French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan to the Elysee Palace in Paris for an official state dinner as part of Xi's two-day state visit to France. This visit marked Xi's first trip to Europe since 2019 and included discussions between Macron and Xi regarding an anti-dumping investigation China initiated into brandy imported from the EU, particularly impacting French cognac.

Macron, in a statement to reporters alongside Xi, expressed appreciation for Xi's willingness not to immediately apply customs duties on cognac exported to China pending the investigation's outcome. The French diplomatic source revealed that China signaled a delay in imposing such duties while the investigation progresses. As part of the diplomatic exchange during Xi's visit, Macron gifted Xi a bottle of Hennessy X.O. and Remy Martin Louis XIII spirits, along with works by French novelist Victor Hugo and historical items like the first Franco-Chinese dictionary from 1742 and a vase from a French glassworks.