On May 6, 2024, on the occasion of President Xi Jinping's visit to France, the 6th Meeting of the Sino France Entrepreneurs Committee was held at the Marigny Theatre in Paris. President Xi Jinping and President Macron jointly attended the closing ceremony and delivered an important speech titled "Building on the Past and Opening Up the Future, Joining Hands to Create a New Era of Sino France Cooperation". Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and French representatives jointly presided over the closing ceremony. Before the closing ceremony, the heads of state of the two countries took a group photo with representatives of Chinese and French entrepreneurs. The conference is hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, and Digital Sovereignty of the French Republic, and organized by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electrical Products and the Franco Chinese Committee.
Xi Jinping pointed out that over the past 60 years, China and France have been win-win partners. China has become France's largest trading partner outside the European Union, and the two countries' economies have formed a strong symbiotic relationship of 'you in me, I in you'. China is an important representative of Eastern civilization, while France is an important representative of Western civilization. There are no geopolitical contradictions or fundamental conflicts of interest between China and France. They share a spirit of independence and mutual attraction with a brilliant culture, and have practical cooperation with broad interests. There is no reason not to develop bilateral relations well. Looking towards the future, China is willing to work with France to enrich the economic and trade connotation of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and France. China always regards France as a priority and reliable partner, committed to expanding the breadth and depth of bilateral economic and trade relations, opening up new fields, creating new models, and cultivating new growth points. Looking towards the future, we are willing to work together with the French side to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Europe. China and Europe are the two major forces driving multipolarity, the two major markets supporting globalization, and the two major civilizations advocating diversity. Both sides must adhere to the correct positioning of the comprehensive strategic partnership, continuously enhance political mutual trust, and jointly oppose the politicization, ideologization, and pan securitization of economic and trade issues. Looking towards the future, we are willing to join hands with France to tackle global challenges. To address global uncertainty with the stability of Sino French relations, strengthen coordination at the United Nations, practice true multilateralism, promote equal and orderly world multipolarity, and inclusive economic globalization.
Xi Jinping emphasized that currently, China is promoting deep level reforms and high-quality development through high-level opening up, accelerating the development of new quality productive forces. We are planning and implementing major measures to further comprehensively deepen reform, steadily expand institutional opening up, further expand market access, and reduce the negative list of foreign investment access. This will provide broader market space for countries around the world, including France, and bring more opportunities for cooperation and win-win outcomes. We welcome French enterprises to actively participate in the process of Chinese path to modernization and share the opportunities of China's development. In just over two months, France will welcome the grand Paris Olympics. The Olympic Games are a symbol of unity and friendship, and a crystallization of mutual learning among civilizations. Let us adhere to the original intention of establishing diplomatic relations, continue traditional friendship, practice the Olympic motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - More United", work together to create a new era of Sino French cooperation, and jointly write a new chapter in the community with a shared future for mankind!
At the opening ceremony of the conference, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, and Digital Sovereignty of France, Yu Yuantang, Director General of the European Department of the Ministry of Commerce of China, Le Minghan, Chairman of BNP Paribas, Chairman of the French side of the Sino French Entrepreneurs Committee, Ge Haijiao, Chairman of Bank of China, Co Chairman of the French side Secretariat of the Sino French Entrepreneurs Committee, An Gong, Chairman of L'Oreal Group, and Zhang Yujing, President of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electrical Products, delivered speeches respectively. They reviewed the work achievements of the Sino French Entrepreneurs Committee, looked forward to the huge potential of Sino French cooperation, and put forward development suggestions around building a balanced, sustainable and upward Sino French economic and trade cooperation relationship. Qian Furen, Vice Chairman of the French Chinese Committee, and Liu Chun, Vice Chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electrical Products, jointly presided over the opening ceremony.
During the conference, Yang Jie, Chairman of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., Zhang Xiaolun, Chairman of China Machinery Industry Group Co., Ltd., He Dongfeng, Chairman of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Yu Jianfeng, Chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation, Liu Mingsheng, Chairman of State Power Investment Group Co., Ltd., Zou Lei, Chairman of China Datang Corporation, Wu Fulin, Chairman of Export Import Bank of China, Zeng Yuqun, Chairman of Ningde Times New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Demir Mazedir, CEO of Dafei Shipping and Air Transport Department, Elvi Daman, Deputy General Manager of Ground and Air Systems of Thales Group, Mary Claire Davy, Chief Sustainable Development and Public Affairs Officer of Kaiyun Group, Fran ç ois Abuyar, Secretary General of Air Liquide Group Sixteen corporate guests, including Su Binglan, CEO of Suez Group, Mark Antony Yami, Secretary General of LVMH, Xia Liwei, Global Executive Vice President of Sanofi Group, and Cesar Giron, President and CEO of MMPJ, Senior Champagne and Cognac Business of Pernod Ricard Group, delivered speeches. Zhao Guohua, President of Schneider Electric, Luc Raymond, President of Electricit é de France, and Xie Junshi, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ZTE Corporation, respectively presided over three roundtable discussions. Representatives of Chinese and French entrepreneurs discussed three topics: industrial innovation and mutual trust, green economy and low-carbon transformation, and new quality productivity and sustainable development, and put forward suggestions for further deepening Sino French economic and trade cooperation. Liszt, the Minister of Foreign Trade of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Yu Yuantang, Director General of the European Department of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, summarized the meeting. Representatives from the Ministry of Commerce, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the meeting. After the closing ceremony, both companies signed 15 cooperation agreements in fields such as finance, nuclear energy, aviation, manufacturing, and new energy.
Huang Zhiting, Chairman of Jianjing Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., was invited to attend the sixth meeting of the Sino French Entrepreneurs Committee as a representative of Chinese entrepreneurs. As the organizer of this conference, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronics has been committed to building an international exchange platform for green development and serving the construction of a green trade system since the establishment of the Green and Low Carbon International Cooperation Committee in 2021, in order to promote the green, low-carbon and sustainable development of key industries at home and abroad. As a member unit, Jianjing Consulting Company aims to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with French enterprises in green and low-carbon, digitalization, investment consulting, and architectural design through this visit. The Youkang Architectural Design Institute, a subsidiary of Jianjing Consulting Company, also collaborated with Mr. Jean Nouvel, an architectural master from the French firm Jean Nouvel, to jointly design the Shanghai Hengji Xuhui Tiandi project. This is Mr. Jean Nouvel's first landing work in China. This light and shadow building project continues the cultural foundation of Xintiandi, integrates light, shadow and natural elements, and creates a huge collection of art buildings by means of collision between red and green, inside and outside, new and old. Jean Nouvelle is a renowned contemporary French architect and was awarded the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel Prize in architecture, in 2008. I have designed projects such as the Arab World Cultural Center in Paris, France, the Minneapolis Theatre in the United States, the National Museum of Qatar, the Lucerne Cultural and Conference Center in Switzerland, the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Pudong Art Museum in Shanghai, and the Shenzhen Opera House.
Jianjing Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. and more than 60 Chinese enterprise leaders attending this conference have expressed their commitment to seizing China's efforts to promote high-quality development, actively cultivate and develop new quality productive forces, promote large-scale equipment updates and consumer goods trade in opportunities, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields between the two countries, and jointly write a new chapter in the next 60 years of Sino French economic and trade cooperation at a new starting point. More than 200 representatives from the governments, enterprises, and other sectors of China and France attended the closing ceremony.
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