Chinese President Xi Jinping said today’s summit offers a chance to "properly handle frictions and differences, and open up a brighter future for China-EU relations."
But Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa are carrying a bag full of challenges into the negotiation chamber in Beijing.
Friction points range from cyberattacks against state agencies to human rights violations, with Beijing's "no-limits" partnership with Moscow and the trade imbalances caused by industrial overcapacity standing out.
Euronews’ Europe Today will crunch through tricky topics as presenter Mared Gwyn navigates you through the issues with correspondents, and takes the pulse of EU-China relations in an exclusive interview with former Commission President José Manuel Barroso.
Watch Europe Today here on Euronews at 8am.
