Successful sojourn

President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, attend a welcome banquet held by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. LI XUEREN/XINHUA

President Xi Jinping shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. LI XUEREN/XINHUA

President Xi Jinping talks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. YIN BOGU/XINHUA

President Xi Jinping attends a China-France-EU trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday. LI XUEREN/XINHUA

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director-General Audrey Azoulay presents Peng Liyuan, a UNESCO special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education, with a 10-year service honor certificate in Paris on Monday. YUE YUEWEI/XINHUA

President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, are escorted by French guards as they head to the Elysee Palace after they attended a welcome ceremony in Paris on Monday. GAO JING/XINHUA

Overseas Chinese hold up flags and cheer for President Xi's state visit to France in Paris on Sunday. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY